“Even though we may not be aware of it, the sense of smell influences how adults process emotional and social information to guide their decisions and behavior. Our findings establish that, beginning at the age of five, smell also influences children’s emotional decisions,” said cognitive neuroscientist Valentina Parma, PhD, one of the study’s authors.

— A study at Monell Center reveals that "children older than five use odor information to evaluate faces"; read more at With Eyes or Noses? How Young Children Use Sensory Cues to Make Social Decisions.