Aromas of rosemary and lavender essential oils differentially affect cognition and mood in healthy adults

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-38

  Moss, Mark ^a   Cook, Jenny ^a   Wesnes, Keith ^a,b   Duckett, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CDR House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aromatherapy; Attention; Lavender; Memory; Odor; Rosemary

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; LAVENDER OIL; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AROMA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROMATHERAPY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAVANDULA; MALE; ODORS; OILS, VOLATILE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROSMARINUS;

EID: 0037276987     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450390161903     Document Type: Article

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