Sugar and spice and all things nice: The effects of odours on task performance and emotions in children

International Journal of Aromatherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 127-130

  Louise Barnham, Amy ^a   Broughan, Christine ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PLAY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

EID: 0036913387     PISSN: 09624562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-4562(02)00044-9     Document Type: Article

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