Sentences with phrase «infant and child preferences»

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Here's an interesting video from The Curious Parent that features a food researcher and biologist discussing taste preferences in infants and young children.

One recent study, published in Infant and Child Development, showed that these preferences emerge as early as 9 months of age — before children are developmentally aware that gender differences exist, at around 18 months.

Some infants and young children show a strong preference for one parent over another at a given age, and grandparents may suddenly be viewed as strangers.

One hypothesis for why a mate preference shift occurs is that it may be an evolutionary adaptation that served our ancestors» reproductive interests long before modern medicine, nutrition and sanitation dramatically reduced infant and child mortality rates.

The researchers based their recommendations on data gathered from more than 40 peer - reviewed studies on how infants and young children develop preferences for healthy foods, especially vegetables and fruits.

This potentially makes humans more empathetic towards the dog who uses the expression, or because it makes the dog's eyes appear bigger and more infant - like — potentially tapping into humans» preference for child - like characteristics.