Kids associate alcohol odors with drinking mom’s emotions

August 2, 2008

Scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center have done a study showing that kids’ response to the smell of alcohol is related to the reasons their mothers drink it. The study presented kids with pairs of odors, and the kids chose which odor they preferred. Kids of mothers who were classified as “escape drinkers” were more likely to prefer the unpleasant scent of rotten eggs over beer, while kids of mothers who were not “escape drinkers” preferred the beer scent. The study was published in the journal Alcohol.

Read more at Monell.org


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