Expectancy and the aroma of Roman chamomile influence mood and cognition in healthy volunteers

International Journal of Aromatherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 63-73

  Moss, M ^a   Howarth, R ^a   Wilkinson, L ^a   Wesnes, K ^a,b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Cognitive Drug Research Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aroma; Chamomile; Cognition; Expectancy; Memory; Mood

Indexed keywords

CHAMOMILE; ESSENTIAL OIL;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANALYSIS; AROMA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHAMAEMELUM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; SEDATION;

EID: 33746164360     PISSN: 09624562     EISSN: 14769409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijat.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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