Time-Order Errors in Duration Judgment Are Independent of Spatial Positioning

Harrison, Charlotte; Binetti, Nicola; Mareschal, Isabelle; Johnston, Alan

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00340

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“…It has long been recognized that ambient odors can influence our well-being (e.g., Montaigne, 1993;Hosey, 2013). While, as we have just seen, undesirable, and negatively valenced, malodors tend to be associated with negative outcomes on the health, well-being, and mood of those who are exposed to them, it is important to note that pleasant ambient scents can also be used to help improve our mood and well-being (e.g., Spence, 2003;Glass et al, 2014;Glass and Heuberger, 2016;Haehner et al, 2017). Here, one can think of everything from the use of aromatherapy scents (see Spence, 2003;Herz, 2009; Perry and Perry, 2018, for reviews) through to the recent trend to deliver well-being flower bouquets (Carlyle, 2020).…”

Section: Using Ambient Scent To Enhance Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Relevant here, the Human Ecology Action League reported that one in five people in the United States are adversely affected by exposure to synthetic fragrances in perfumes and cleaning products (Kosta, 1998). It is interesting to note how many of the scents that have been reported to improve our wellbeing are related to nature (e.g., plants and flowers; Warren and Warrenburg, 1993;Weber and Heuberger, 2008;Chen, 2009;Jo et al, 2013;Glass et al, 2014;Darabia and Mirabi, 2018). The latter observation, then, might link to evolutionary psychology, i.e., the biophilic account that has been put forward in order to help explain our attraction to green scenes of nature that incorporate water (cf.…”

Section: Using Ambient Scent To Enhance Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Researchers have shown that ambient urban odors are capable of evoking basic emotions in people of different ages (Weber and Heuberger, 2011;Glass et al, 2014;Glass and Heuberger, 2016). For instance, in one study, Glass et al (2014) demonstrated that exposure to a range of typical ambient urban odors (synthetic mixtures representing the odors of disinfectant, candles/bees wax, summer air, burnt smell, vomit, and a musty smell) gave rise to significant changes in autonomic activity (e.g., in the electrodermal response). And, in one of the larger of the more recent studies of the impact of pleasant ambient fragrance, Haehner et al (2017) conducted a single-blinded betweenparticipants experimental study assessing the effect of short-term exposure to room fragrance on people's attention, anxiety, and mood.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Using Ambient Scent to Enhance Well-Being in the Multisensory Built Environment

Spence

2020

Front. Psychol.

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The majority of the world's population now lives an urban existence, spending as much as 95% of their lives indoors. The olfactory atmosphere in the built environment has been shown to exert a profound, if often unrecognized, influence over our mood and well-being. While the traditionally malodorous stench to be found indoors (i.e., prior to the invention of modern sanitation) has largely been eliminated in recent centuries, many of the outbreaks of sick-building syndrome that have been reported over the last half century have been linked to the presence of a strange smell in the environment. At the same time, however, there is also growing evidence that consumer behavior can be manipulated by the presence of pleasant ambient odors, while various aromatherapy scents are said to improve our mood and well-being. This Anglophone review focuses primarily on indoor western urban developed spaces. Importantly, the olfactory ambience constitutes but one component of the multisensory atmosphere and ambient odors interact with the visual, auditory, and haptic aspects of the built environment. Surprisingly, the majority of published studies that have deliberately chosen to combine ambient scent with other sensory interventions, such as, for example, music, have failed to increase store sales, or to enhance people's mood and/or well-being, as might have been expected. Such negative findings therefore stress the importance of considering multisensory congruency while, at the same time, also highlighting the potential dangers that may be associated with sensory overload when thinking about the effect of ambient smell on our well-being.

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