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Infants Develop Early Understanding of Social Nature of Food

Study finds preferences follow social groups and language; disgust seen as universal

Babies and food

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CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2016

Infants develop expectations about what people prefer to eat, providing early evidence of the social nature through which humans understand food, according to a new study conducted at the University of Chicago.

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The study, published this monthin the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found infants expect people to share food preferences unless…

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