Karine Durand
General information
Assistant Professor
DOCC – Development of Olfactory Communication and Cognition
karine.durand@u-bourgogne.fr
Job
Associate Professor, Université Bourgogne Europe
PhD in Psychology, Université de Renée
Descartes-Paris V, 1999
Activities
Research theme
My research focuses on the perceptual and cognitive development of infants (0-24 months) in multisensory contexts. The general objective of my works is to identify and understand new functions of olfaction in the organization of early cognition, by specifying as accurately as possible (1) the involvement of olfaction as a cognitive resource in infants and (2) the complexity of the stimuli, contexts, and processes that shape the development during infancy.
Interactions between the senses are foundational to knowledge construction. A part of my research aims to specify the sensory means through which infants communicate and develop early knowledge about their peers, particularly through early facial recognition. Among the various sensory modalities, olfaction plays a fundamental role and can influence perceptual activity in other sensory modalities. My research explores how infants use their sense of smell in interaction with other sensory modalities in the learning process, specifically investigating interactions between olfaction and vision. I am particularly interested in the influence of social odors on infants' visual processing.
Another part of my research is dedicated to studying olfactory skills in human newborns and the underlying mechanisms of olfactory perception. For newborns, human milk holds a particular sensory and hedonic status. My work focuses on identifying specific olfactory signals present in human milk that trigger specific responses in newborns.
Expertise
Developmental psychology (infants and children). multimodal integration of sensory information in early life
Teaching
- Developmental Psychology, University of Burgundy (BSc's level)
- Cognitive Psychology (BSc’s level)
Responsabilities
- Developmental Psychology (BSc's level, Psychology-University of Burgundy)
- Co-responsible for the Infant Study Laboratory (the 'ptit labo’, CSGA, Dijon) and the Newborn Study Laboratory (Maternity Ward, CHU F. Mitterrand, Dijon)
- Member of the Council of the UFR Humanities, University of Burgundy
Interactions between the senses are foundational to knowledge construction. A part of my research aims to specify the sensory means through which infants communicate and develop early knowledge about their peers, particularly through early facial recognition. Among the various sensory modalities, olfaction plays a fundamental role and can influence perceptual activity in other sensory modalities. My research explores how infants use their sense of smell in interaction with other sensory modalities in the learning process, specifically investigating interactions between olfaction and vision. I am particularly interested in the influence of social odors on infants' visual processing.
Another part of my research is dedicated to studying olfactory skills in human newborns and the underlying mechanisms of olfactory perception. For newborns, human milk holds a particular sensory and hedonic status. My work focuses on identifying specific olfactory signals present in human milk that trigger specific responses in newborns.
Expertise
Developmental psychology (infants and children). multimodal integration of sensory information in early life
Teaching
- Developmental Psychology, University of Burgundy (BSc's level)
- Cognitive Psychology (BSc’s level)
Responsabilities
- Developmental Psychology (BSc's level, Psychology-University of Burgundy)
- Co-responsible for the Infant Study Laboratory (the 'ptit labo’, CSGA, Dijon) and the Newborn Study Laboratory (Maternity Ward, CHU F. Mitterrand, Dijon)
- Member of the Council of the UFR Humanities, University of Burgundy
Scientific approach
behavior, psychophysiology
Supervision
- Supervision and co-supervision of PhD, BSc, MSc (first and second year) in developmental psychology
Aknowledgements
Key words
Infant, Olfaction, Multisensory perception, Cognition, Social Cognition, Learning, Communication, Development, Early Knowledge
Important publications
Durand K. Le développement psychologique du bébé (0-2 ans) - 2e édition. Dunod, 2023, 978-2-10-082529-5. ⟨hal-04545540⟩
Klaey‐tassone M, Durand K, Damon F, Heyers K, Mezrai N, et al.. Human neonates prefer colostrum to mature milk: Evidence for an olfactory bias toward the “initial milk”?. American Journal of Human Biology, 2021, 33 (5), pp.e23521. ⟨10.1002/ajhb.23521⟩. ⟨hal-02998212⟩
Rekow D, Baudouin JY, Poncet F, Damon F, Durand K, et al.. Odor-driven face-like categorization in the human infant brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021, 118 (21), pp.e2014979118. ⟨10.1073/pnas.2014979118⟩. ⟨hal-03230756⟩
Durand K, Schaal B, Goubet N, Lewkowicz D J, Baudouin JY. Does any mother’s body odor stimulate interest in mother’s face in 4‐month‐old infants?. Infancy, 2020, 25 (2), pp.151-164. ⟨10.1111/infa.12322⟩. ⟨hal-02436384⟩
Schaal B, Saxton T, Loos H, Soussignan R, Durand K. Olfaction scaffolds the developing human from neonate to adolescent and beyond. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2020, 375 (1800), pp.20190261. ⟨10.1098/rstb.2019.0261⟩. ⟨hal-02882389⟩
Goubet N, Durand K, Schaal B, Mccall D. Seeing odors in color: Cross-modal associations in children and adults from two cultural environments. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2018, 166, pp.380-399. ⟨10.1016/j.jecp.2017.09.007⟩. ⟨hal-02415288⟩
Schaal B, Durand K. Olfaction and gustation. Cambridge encyclopedia of child development - 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, 990 p., 2017, 978-1-107-10341-2. ⟨hal-02785988⟩
Godard O, Baudouin JY, Schaal B, Durand K. Affective matching of odors and facial expressions in infants: shifting patterns between 3 and 7 months. Developmental Science, 2016, 19 (1), pp.155-163. ⟨10.1111/desc.12292⟩. ⟨hal-01276724⟩
Durand K, Baudouin JY, Lewkowicz D J, Goubet N, Schaal B. Eye-catching odors: olfaction elicits sustained gazing to faces and eyes in 4-month-old infants.. PLoS ONE, 2013, 8 (8), pp.e70677. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0070677⟩. ⟨hal-00866209⟩
Schaal B, Durand K. The role of olfaction in human multisensory development. Bremner, Andrew J. ; Lewkowicz, David J. ; Spence, Charles. Multisensory Development (392 p.), Chapter 2 Part A: Typical development of multisensory processes from early gestation to old age, Oxford University Press, pp.29-53, 2012, 978-0-19-958605-9. ⟨10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199586059.003.0002⟩. ⟨hal-00766669⟩
Durand K, Gallay M, Seigneuric A, Robichon F, Baudouin JY. The development of facial emotion recognition: the role of configural information. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2007, 97, pp.14-27. ⟨10.1016/j.jecp.2006.12.001⟩. ⟨hal-00568168⟩
Klaey‐tassone M, Durand K, Damon F, Heyers K, Mezrai N, et al.. Human neonates prefer colostrum to mature milk: Evidence for an olfactory bias toward the “initial milk”?. American Journal of Human Biology, 2021, 33 (5), pp.e23521. ⟨10.1002/ajhb.23521⟩. ⟨hal-02998212⟩
Rekow D, Baudouin JY, Poncet F, Damon F, Durand K, et al.. Odor-driven face-like categorization in the human infant brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021, 118 (21), pp.e2014979118. ⟨10.1073/pnas.2014979118⟩. ⟨hal-03230756⟩
Durand K, Schaal B, Goubet N, Lewkowicz D J, Baudouin JY. Does any mother’s body odor stimulate interest in mother’s face in 4‐month‐old infants?. Infancy, 2020, 25 (2), pp.151-164. ⟨10.1111/infa.12322⟩. ⟨hal-02436384⟩
Schaal B, Saxton T, Loos H, Soussignan R, Durand K. Olfaction scaffolds the developing human from neonate to adolescent and beyond. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2020, 375 (1800), pp.20190261. ⟨10.1098/rstb.2019.0261⟩. ⟨hal-02882389⟩
Goubet N, Durand K, Schaal B, Mccall D. Seeing odors in color: Cross-modal associations in children and adults from two cultural environments. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2018, 166, pp.380-399. ⟨10.1016/j.jecp.2017.09.007⟩. ⟨hal-02415288⟩
Schaal B, Durand K. Olfaction and gustation. Cambridge encyclopedia of child development - 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, 990 p., 2017, 978-1-107-10341-2. ⟨hal-02785988⟩
Godard O, Baudouin JY, Schaal B, Durand K. Affective matching of odors and facial expressions in infants: shifting patterns between 3 and 7 months. Developmental Science, 2016, 19 (1), pp.155-163. ⟨10.1111/desc.12292⟩. ⟨hal-01276724⟩
Durand K, Baudouin JY, Lewkowicz D J, Goubet N, Schaal B. Eye-catching odors: olfaction elicits sustained gazing to faces and eyes in 4-month-old infants.. PLoS ONE, 2013, 8 (8), pp.e70677. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0070677⟩. ⟨hal-00866209⟩
Schaal B, Durand K. The role of olfaction in human multisensory development. Bremner, Andrew J. ; Lewkowicz, David J. ; Spence, Charles. Multisensory Development (392 p.), Chapter 2 Part A: Typical development of multisensory processes from early gestation to old age, Oxford University Press, pp.29-53, 2012, 978-0-19-958605-9. ⟨10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199586059.003.0002⟩. ⟨hal-00766669⟩
Durand K, Gallay M, Seigneuric A, Robichon F, Baudouin JY. The development of facial emotion recognition: the role of configural information. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2007, 97, pp.14-27. ⟨10.1016/j.jecp.2006.12.001⟩. ⟨hal-00568168⟩