ArticleFrontiers in psychology2016
Changes in Mood States Are Induced by Smelling Familiar and Exotic Fragrances.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Autonomic Responses Associated with Olfactory Preferences of Fragrance Consumers: Skin Conductance, Respiration, and Heart Rate.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Forefront Users' Experience Evaluation by Employing Together Virtual Reality and Electroencephalography: A Case Study on Cognitive Effects of Scents.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Flower-Based Green Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles: Applications beyond Fragrance.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- The Effect of Eucalyptol on Nursing Home Residents.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Humans' Relationship to Flowers as an Example of the Multiple Components of Embodied Aesthetics.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
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Abstract
Familiar fragrances usually induce positive mood states and elicit favorable evaluation. Relaxation is also widely thought to improve mood state. Yet experimental evidence on the effect of two different stimuli, fragrance smelling and breathing relaxation, on mood state, and fragrance evaluation is lacking. This study aimed to test (1) the effect of two familiar fragrances, lavender and myrtle, and two exotic fragrances, bergamot and ravensara, on perceived mood states before and after relaxation, (2) the effect of relaxation on perceived mood states for each fragrance, and (3) the effect of relaxation on fragrance evaluation as defined by adjectives. We hypothesized that mood states and assessment of the fragrances would differently be affected both in familiar vs. non-familiar fragrances and also before and after relaxation. Participants (
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