Effectiveness of aroma on work efficiency: Lavender aroma during recesses prevents deterioration of work performance

Chemical Senses

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 683-691

  Sakamoto, Reiko ^a   Minoura, Kazuya ^a   Usui, Akira ^b   Ishizuka, Yoshikazu ^c   Kanba, Shigenobu ^d  

^a Japan   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY MINATO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Afternoon period; Concentration; Jasmine; Sedative type

Indexed keywords

LAVENDER OIL;

AROMA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JASMINE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; JASMINUM; LAVANDULA; MALE; SMELL; WORKLOAD;

JASMINUM; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 27244460918     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bji061     Document Type: Article

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