Benoist Schaal

Biographic Data

ID	171038
NAME	Benoist Schaal
GIVEN NAMES	Benoist
FAMILY NAME	Schaal
SIGNATURE	SCHAAL B
AFFILIATIONS	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
ORCID	0000-0002-9419-3282
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	20
TOTAL CITATIONS	32
AUTHOR COUNT	20
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2025
H-INDEX	3

Past, Present, and Future of Human Chemical Communication Research
Open AccessHelene M Loos, Benoist Schaal et al.ARTICLEPerspectives on Psychological…2025
Although chemical signaling is an essential mode of communication in most vertebrates, it has long been viewed as having negligible effects in humans. However, a growing body of evidence shows that the sense of smell affects human behavior in social contexts ranging from affiliation and parenting to disease avoidance and social threat. This article aims to (a) introduce research on human chemical communication in the historical context of the beh…
Flavor learning and memory in utero as assessed through the changing pattern of olfactory responses from fetal to neonatal life
Open AccessBeyza Ustun-Elayan, Jacqueline Blissett et al.ARTICLEAppetite2025References: 42
Mammalian chemosensory experience begins in utero, where fetuses are exposed to odors and tastes from the mother's diet. Although the effects of prenatal flavor exposure in humans have been investigated postnatally in infant behaviors, longitudinal follow-up studies of fetal and neonatal responses are lacking. To address this, we compared fetal and neonatal facial reactions to specific odors by asking mothers to consume a single calorie-controlle…
Olfactory-to-visual facilitation in the infant brain declines gradually from 4 to 12 months
Open AccessDiane Rekow, Jean-Yves Baudouin et al.ARTICLEChild Development2024
During infancy, intersensory facilitation declines gradually as unisensory perception develops. However, this trade-off was mainly investigated using audiovisual stimulations. Here, fifty 4- to 12-month-old infants (26 females, predominately White) were tested in 2017–2020 to determine whether the facilitating effect of their mother's body odor on neural face categorization, as previously observed at 4 months, decreases with age. In a baseline od…
Human neonates prefer colostrum to mature milk: Evidence for an olfactory bias toward the “initial milk”
Open AccessMagali Klaey‐Tassone, Karine Durand et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2021
OBJECTIVES: Colostrum is the initial milk secretion which ingestion by neonates warrants their adaptive start in life. Colostrum is accordingly expected to be attractive to newborns. The present study aims to assess whether colostrum is olfactorily attractive for 2-day-old newborns when presented against mature milk or a control. METHODS: The head-orientation of waking newborns was videotaped in three experiments pairing the odors of: (a) colostr…
Does any mother’s body odor stimulate interest in mother’s face in 4‐month‐old infants
Open AccessKarine Durand, Benoist Schaal et al.ARTICLEInfancy2020
Little is known about the effects of olfaction on visual processing during infancy. We investigated whether and how an infant's own mother's body odor or another mother's body odor affects 4‐month‐old infants’ looking at their mother's face when it is paired with a stranger's face. In Experiment 1, infants were exposed to their mother's body odor or to a control odor, while in Experiment 2, infants were exposed to a stranger mother's body odor wh…
Watching happy faces potentiates incentive salience but not hedonic reactions to palatable food cues in overweight/obese adults
Open AccessRobert Soussignan, Benoist Schaal et al.ARTICLEAppetite2019References: 74
Introduction: Anthony J. DeCasper, pionnier de la cognition prénatale
Open AccessCarolyn Granier‐Deferre, Carolyn Granier-Deferre et al.ARTICLEEnfance2017References: 1
Le flair en images, ou comment est donnée à voir la communication olfactive
Mylène Mistre-Schaal, Benoist SchaalARTICLEHermès2016Cited by: 1
Comment le flairage d’autrui, un acte généralement découragé par les bonnes mœurs et les canons esthétiques, est-il représenté en images ? En déroulant le thème de l’action de flairer les autres, cet essai se propose de pister quelques variations autour du corps odorant et de la communication olfactive dans les arts figurés de l’Occident. Il implique d’examiner le rôle social des odeurs humaines, tant sui generis qu’artificielles, et d’éprouver l…
Emotional expressiveness of 5–6 month-old infants born very premature versus full-term at initial exposure to weaning foods
Open AccessL Longfier, Robert Soussignan et al.ARTICLEAppetite2016References: 49
Children’s reward responses to picture- and odor-cued food stimuli. A developmental analysis between 6 and 11years
Tao Jiang, Benoist Schaal et al.ARTICLEAppetite2013Cited by: 1References: 83
Orofacial reactivity to the sight and smell of food stimuli. Evidence for anticipatory liking related to food reward cues in overweight children
Open AccessRobert Soussignan, Benoist Schaal et al.ARTICLEAppetite2012Cited by: 5References: 61
Cultures enfantines: Universalité et diversité
Open AccessSeonaid Anderson, Stéphanie Barbu et al.BOOKCultures enfantines2011
Le voyageur, parfois dépaysé par l’immersion dans une autre culture, est au contraire aussitôt en terrain familier en observant un groupe d’enfants qui jouent. Pour autant, se souvient-il nécessairement des jeux de tape-mains qu’il pratiquait étant petit ? Sait-il si les enfants chantent encore « Am Stram Gram, pic et pic et colégram » quand ils « plouffent » ? Si certaines pratiques enfantines, de la cour de récréation à la rue, sont connues dep…
À la recherche du temps gagné: Comment l'olfaction du fœtus anticipe l'adaptation du nouveau-né
Benoist SchaalARTICLESpirale2011
Livres reçus
Chouquer Chouquer, Grard Grard et al.ARTICLEÉtudes rurales2010
Carrier, Nicolas ed., Nouveaux servages et société en Europe (XIIe-XXe siècle). Actes du colloque de Besançon (4-6 octobre 2007). Caen, Association d’histoire des sociétés rurales (« Bibliothèque d’histoire rurale » 11), 2010, 414 p. Chouquer, Gérard, La terre dans le monde romain. Anthropologie, droit, géographie. Paris, Errance (« Collection d’archéogéographie de l’Université de Coimbra »), 2010, 358 p. Gaboriaux, Chloé, La République en quête …
Alternation between foods within a meal. Influence on satiation and consumption in humans
Open AccessLaurent Brondel, Geoffrey Lauraine et al.ARTICLEAppetite2009Cited by: 10References: 49
Food-related sensory experience from birth through weaning: Contrasted patterns in two nearby European regions
Open AccessAndrea Maier, Claire Chabanet et al.ARTICLEAppetite2007Cited by: 15References: 34
Aux sources fœtales des réponses sensorielles et émotionnelles du nouveau-né
Carolyn Granier‐Deferre, Carolyn Granier-Deferre et al.ARTICLESpirale2005
Sensory performances in the human foetus: A brief summary of research
Jean-Pierre Lecanuet, Jean‐Pierre Lecanuet et al.ARTICLEIntellectica Revue de l…2002
A growing body of evidence is available about the functioning of foetal sensory systems during gestation. This article aims at reviewing data concerning (i) the accession of sensory stimulation to the foetal sensory receptors, (ii) the sequence of functional development of the major sensory systems (iii) the physiological and behavioural responses of foetuses to various types of stimulation. Human data are confronted to data collected in other ma…
Rating and Recognition of Peers' Personal Odors by 9-Year-Old Children: An Exploratory Study
Pascal Mallet, Benoist SchaalARTICLEThe Journal of General Psychology1998References: 4
Eighteen elementary school children assessed the pleasantness and perfumed aspect of familiar peers' odors, sampled through tee shirts worn without modification of hygienic habits. The participants were also requested to categorize the odors by sex and to recognize those of several target classmates varying in sex and socioemotional status (the participant's most preferred classmate vs. a mere acquaintance). The ratings of odors by familiar peers…
L'expression des odeurs en français: Analyse lexicale et représentation cognitive
Sophie David, Danielle Dubois et al.ARTICLEIntellectica Revue de l…1997
A partir d'un corpus constitué par les réponses de 246 étudiants, devant définir le terme "odeur" et citer des types d'odeurs, nous menons une analyse des dénominations employées : condition d'emploi et formes des dénominations (noms simples, synapsies), analyse des adjectifs construits morphologiquement (les constructions déverbales permettent de mettre en avant la notion d'"effet"), mise à jour d'axes de classification (c'est-à-dire des types d…

L'expression des odeurs en français: Analyse lexicale et représentation cognitive
Sophie David, Danielle Dubois et al.ARTICLEIntellectica Revue de l…1997
A partir d'un corpus constitué par les réponses de 246 étudiants, devant définir le terme "odeur" et citer des types d'odeurs, nous menons une analyse des dénominations employées : condition d'emploi et formes des dénominations (noms simples, synapsies), analyse des adjectifs construits morphologiquement (les constructions déverbales permettent de mettre en avant la notion d'"effet"), mise à jour d'axes de classification (c'est-à-dire des types d…
Rating and Recognition of Peers' Personal Odors by 9-Year-Old Children: An Exploratory Study
Pascal Mallet, Benoist SchaalARTICLEThe Journal of General Psychology1998References: 4
Eighteen elementary school children assessed the pleasantness and perfumed aspect of familiar peers' odors, sampled through tee shirts worn without modification of hygienic habits. The participants were also requested to categorize the odors by sex and to recognize those of several target classmates varying in sex and socioemotional status (the participant's most preferred classmate vs. a mere acquaintance). The ratings of odors by familiar peers…
Sensory performances in the human foetus: A brief summary of research
Jean-Pierre Lecanuet, Jean‐Pierre Lecanuet et al.ARTICLEIntellectica Revue de l…2002
A growing body of evidence is available about the functioning of foetal sensory systems during gestation. This article aims at reviewing data concerning (i) the accession of sensory stimulation to the foetal sensory receptors, (ii) the sequence of functional development of the major sensory systems (iii) the physiological and behavioural responses of foetuses to various types of stimulation. Human data are confronted to data collected in other ma…
Aux sources fœtales des réponses sensorielles et émotionnelles du nouveau-né
Carolyn Granier‐Deferre, Carolyn Granier-Deferre et al.ARTICLESpirale2005
Food-related sensory experience from birth through weaning: Contrasted patterns in two nearby European regions
Open AccessAndrea Maier, Claire Chabanet et al.ARTICLEAppetite2007Cited by: 15References: 34
Alternation between foods within a meal. Influence on satiation and consumption in humans
Open AccessLaurent Brondel, Geoffrey Lauraine et al.ARTICLEAppetite2009Cited by: 10References: 49
Livres reçus
Chouquer Chouquer, Grard Grard et al.ARTICLEÉtudes rurales2010
Carrier, Nicolas ed., Nouveaux servages et société en Europe (XIIe-XXe siècle). Actes du colloque de Besançon (4-6 octobre 2007). Caen, Association d’histoire des sociétés rurales (« Bibliothèque d’histoire rurale » 11), 2010, 414 p. Chouquer, Gérard, La terre dans le monde romain. Anthropologie, droit, géographie. Paris, Errance (« Collection d’archéogéographie de l’Université de Coimbra »), 2010, 358 p. Gaboriaux, Chloé, La République en quête …
Cultures enfantines: Universalité et diversité
Open AccessSeonaid Anderson, Stéphanie Barbu et al.BOOKCultures enfantines2011
Le voyageur, parfois dépaysé par l’immersion dans une autre culture, est au contraire aussitôt en terrain familier en observant un groupe d’enfants qui jouent. Pour autant, se souvient-il nécessairement des jeux de tape-mains qu’il pratiquait étant petit ? Sait-il si les enfants chantent encore « Am Stram Gram, pic et pic et colégram » quand ils « plouffent » ? Si certaines pratiques enfantines, de la cour de récréation à la rue, sont connues dep…
À la recherche du temps gagné: Comment l'olfaction du fœtus anticipe l'adaptation du nouveau-né
Benoist SchaalARTICLESpirale2011
Orofacial reactivity to the sight and smell of food stimuli. Evidence for anticipatory liking related to food reward cues in overweight children
Open AccessRobert Soussignan, Benoist Schaal et al.ARTICLEAppetite2012Cited by: 5References: 61
Children’s reward responses to picture- and odor-cued food stimuli. A developmental analysis between 6 and 11years
Tao Jiang, Benoist Schaal et al.ARTICLEAppetite2013Cited by: 1References: 83
Le flair en images, ou comment est donnée à voir la communication olfactive
Mylène Mistre-Schaal, Benoist SchaalARTICLEHermès2016Cited by: 1
Comment le flairage d’autrui, un acte généralement découragé par les bonnes mœurs et les canons esthétiques, est-il représenté en images ? En déroulant le thème de l’action de flairer les autres, cet essai se propose de pister quelques variations autour du corps odorant et de la communication olfactive dans les arts figurés de l’Occident. Il implique d’examiner le rôle social des odeurs humaines, tant sui generis qu’artificielles, et d’éprouver l…
Emotional expressiveness of 5–6 month-old infants born very premature versus full-term at initial exposure to weaning foods
Open AccessL Longfier, Robert Soussignan et al.ARTICLEAppetite2016References: 49
Introduction: Anthony J. DeCasper, pionnier de la cognition prénatale
Open AccessCarolyn Granier‐Deferre, Carolyn Granier-Deferre et al.ARTICLEEnfance2017References: 1
Watching happy faces potentiates incentive salience but not hedonic reactions to palatable food cues in overweight/obese adults
Open AccessRobert Soussignan, Benoist Schaal et al.ARTICLEAppetite2019References: 74
Does any mother’s body odor stimulate interest in mother’s face in 4‐month‐old infants
Open AccessKarine Durand, Benoist Schaal et al.ARTICLEInfancy2020
Little is known about the effects of olfaction on visual processing during infancy. We investigated whether and how an infant's own mother's body odor or another mother's body odor affects 4‐month‐old infants’ looking at their mother's face when it is paired with a stranger's face. In Experiment 1, infants were exposed to their mother's body odor or to a control odor, while in Experiment 2, infants were exposed to a stranger mother's body odor wh…
Human neonates prefer colostrum to mature milk: Evidence for an olfactory bias toward the “initial milk”
Open AccessMagali Klaey‐Tassone, Karine Durand et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2021
OBJECTIVES: Colostrum is the initial milk secretion which ingestion by neonates warrants their adaptive start in life. Colostrum is accordingly expected to be attractive to newborns. The present study aims to assess whether colostrum is olfactorily attractive for 2-day-old newborns when presented against mature milk or a control. METHODS: The head-orientation of waking newborns was videotaped in three experiments pairing the odors of: (a) colostr…
Olfactory-to-visual facilitation in the infant brain declines gradually from 4 to 12 months
Open AccessDiane Rekow, Jean-Yves Baudouin et al.ARTICLEChild Development2024
During infancy, intersensory facilitation declines gradually as unisensory perception develops. However, this trade-off was mainly investigated using audiovisual stimulations. Here, fifty 4- to 12-month-old infants (26 females, predominately White) were tested in 2017–2020 to determine whether the facilitating effect of their mother's body odor on neural face categorization, as previously observed at 4 months, decreases with age. In a baseline od…
Past, Present, and Future of Human Chemical Communication Research
Open AccessHelene M Loos, Benoist Schaal et al.ARTICLEPerspectives on Psychological…2025
Although chemical signaling is an essential mode of communication in most vertebrates, it has long been viewed as having negligible effects in humans. However, a growing body of evidence shows that the sense of smell affects human behavior in social contexts ranging from affiliation and parenting to disease avoidance and social threat. This article aims to (a) introduce research on human chemical communication in the historical context of the beh…
Flavor learning and memory in utero as assessed through the changing pattern of olfactory responses from fetal to neonatal life
Open AccessBeyza Ustun-Elayan, Jacqueline Blissett et al.ARTICLEAppetite2025References: 42
Mammalian chemosensory experience begins in utero, where fetuses are exposed to odors and tastes from the mother's diet. Although the effects of prenatal flavor exposure in humans have been investigated postnatally in infant behaviors, longitudinal follow-up studies of fetal and neonatal responses are lacking. To address this, we compared fetal and neonatal facial reactions to specific odors by asking mothers to consume a single calorie-controlle…