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Robert Soussignan

Robert Soussignan

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Psychology

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40
Citations
7129
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8219
National Ranking
75

Overview

Robert Soussignan is affiliated with the University of Burgundy in France, focusing on research in neuroscience and psychology. Their work spans multiple aspects of neuroendocrine regulation, infant health, and cognitive processes related to social and emotional behavior.

The scientist has contributed to several recent publications exploring topics related to olfaction, infant development, and emotional perception. Notable papers include:

  • "Modifications épigénétiques et effets protecteurs de l'environnement socio-affectif de l'enfant: une revue" (2023), published in Enfance
  • "The spatial distribution of eye movements predicts the (false) recognition of emotional facial expressions" (2021), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Human neonates prefer colostrum to mature milk: Evidence for an olfactory bias toward the "initial milk"?" (2020), published in American Journal of Human Biology
  • "Olfaction scaffolds the developing human from neonate to adolescent and beyond" (2020), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Testing detectability, attractivity, hedonic specificity, extractability, and robustness of colostrum odor-Toward an olfactory bioassay for human neonates" (2024), published in Developmental Psychobiology

The research interests of Robert Soussignan cover main fields such as:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Within these fields, subfields of study include:

  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Social Psychology
  • Pharmacy
  • Epidemiology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

The main topics addressed in their work are:

  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
  • Emotion and Mood Recognition

Robert Soussignan frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Benoı̂st Schaal
  • Karine Durand
  • Magali Klaey-Tassone
  • Fabrice Damon
  • Bruno Patris

The scientist's publications appear in a diverse set of journals, highlighting interdisciplinary engagements. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • American Journal of Human Biology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Enfance
  • Developmental Psychobiology

Best Publications

  • Inter-brain synchronization during social interaction.

    Guillaume Dumas;Guillaume Dumas;Guillaume Dumas;Jacqueline Nadel;Robert Soussignan;Jacques Martinerie;Jacques Martinerie;Jacques Martinerie

  • Human foetuses learn odours from their pregnant mother's diet

    Benoist Schaal;Luc Marlier;Robert Soussignan

  • Duchenne smile, emotional experience, and autonomic reactivity: a test of the facial feedback hypothesis.

    Robert Soussignan

  • Olfactory function in the human fetus: Evidence from selective neonatal responsiveness to the odor of amniotic fluid.

    Benoist Schaal;Luc Marlier;Robert Soussignan

  • Facial and Autonomic Responses to Biological and Artificial Olfactory Stimuli in Human Neonates: Re-Examining Early Hedonic Discrimination of Odors

    Robert Soussignan;Benoist Schaal;Luc Marlier;Tao Jiang

  • Neonatal Responsiveness to the Odor of Amniotic and Lacteal Fluids: A Test of Perinatal Chemosensory Continuity

    Luc Marlier;Benoist Schaal;Robert Soussignan

  • Male Testosterone Linked to High Social Dominance but Low Physical Aggression in Early Adolescence

    Benoist Schaal;Richard E. Tremblay;Robert Soussignan;Elizabeth J. Susman

  • Olfaction in the fetal and premature infant: functional status and clinical implications.

    Benoist Schaal;Thomas Hummel;Robert Soussignan

  • Empathy and recognition of facial expressions of emotion in sex offenders, non-sex offenders and normal controls.

    Isabelle Gery;Raphaële Miljkovitch;Sylvie Berthoz;Robert Soussignan

  • The secretion of areolar (Montgomery's) glands from lactating women elicits selective, unconditional responses in neonates.

    Sébastien Doucet;Robert Soussignan;Paul Sagot;Benoist Schaal

  • Gaze avoidance in social phobia: objective measure and correlates.

    Albert Moukheiber;Gilles Rautureau;Fernando Perez-Diaz;Robert Soussignan

  • Testosterone, Physical Aggression, Dominance, and Physical Development in Early Adolescence

    Richard E. Tremblay;Benoist Schaal;Bernard Boulerice;Louise Arseneault

  • Responsiveness to the Odour of Amniotic Fluid in the Human Neonate

    Benoist Schaal;Luc Marlier;Robert Soussignan

  • Children's Facial Responsiveness to Odors: Influences of Hedonic Valence of Odor, Gender, Age, and Social Presence

    Robert Soussignan;Benoist Schall

  • The "smellscape" of mother's breast: effects of odor masking and selective unmasking on neonatal arousal, oral, and visual responses.

    Sébastien Doucet;Robert Soussignan;Paul Sagot;Benoist Schaal

  • Bottle-fed neonates prefer an odor experienced in utero to an odor experienced postnatally in the feeding context.

    Luc Marlier;Benoist Schaal;Robert Soussignan

  • Sensitivity to Social Contingency and Positive Emotion in 2‐Month‐Olds

    Robert Soussignan;Jacqueline Nadel;Pierre Canet;Priscille Gerardin

  • Revisiting mu suppression in autism spectrum disorder

    Guillaume Dumas;Robert Soussignan;Laurent Hugueville;Jacques Martinerie

  • Long-lasting memory for an odor acquired at the mother's breast

    Maryse Delaunay-El Allam;Robert Soussignan;Robert Soussignan;Bruno Patris;Bruno Patris;Luc Marlier

  • Olfaction scaffolds the developing human from neonate to adolescent and beyond

    Benoist Schaal;Tamsin K Saxton;Hélène Loos;Hélène Loos;Robert Soussignan

  • Self-relevance appraisal of gaze direction and dynamic facial expressions: effects on facial electromyographic and autonomic reactions.

    Robert Soussignan;Michèle Chadwick;Léonor Philip;Laurence Conty

Frequent Co-Authors

Benoist Schaal
Benoist Schaal University of Burgundy
Jacqueline Nadel
Jacqueline Nadel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
Julie Grèzes
Julie Grèzes École Normale Supérieure
Roland Jouvent
Roland Jouvent Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Sylvie Berthoz
Sylvie Berthoz Institut Mutualiste Montsouris
Michel Boivin
Michel Boivin Université Laval
Nicolas Franck
Nicolas Franck Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Antoine Pelissolo
Antoine Pelissolo Université Paris Cité
Dan Sperber
Dan Sperber Central European University

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