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Scent and mood state following an anxiety-provoking task . The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of water , lavender , or rosemary scent on physiology and mood state following an anxiety-provoking task . The nonsmoking participants , ages 18-30 years , included 42 women and 31 men who reported demographic information and measures of external temperature and heart rate were taken prior to introduction of an anxiety-eliciting task and exposure to lavender , rosemary , or water scents . Following the task , participants completed the Profile of Mood States to assess mood , and temperature and heart rate were reassessed . Participants rated the pleasantness of the scent received . When pleasantness ratings of scent were covaried , physiological changes in temperature and heart rate did not differ based on scent exposure , but mood ratings differed by scent condition . Participants in the rosemary condition scored higher on measures of tension-anxiety and confusion-bewilderment relative to the lavender and control conditions . The lavender and control conditions showed higher mean vigor-activity ratings relative to the rosemary group , while both rosemary and lavender scents were associated with lower mean ratings on the fatigue-inertia subscale , relative to the control group . These results suggest that , when individual perception of scent pleasantness is controlled , scent has the potential to moderate different aspects of mood following an anxiety-provoking task .
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Intervention_Pharmacological
water , lavender , or rosemary scent
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Intervention_Educational
anxiety-eliciting task
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Intervention_Pharmacological
lavender , rosemary , or water scents
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Outcome_Mental
physiology and mood state
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Outcome_Mental
mood
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Outcome_Physical
temperature and heart rate
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Outcome_Physical
physiological changes in temperature and heart rate
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Outcome_Mental
mood ratings
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Outcome_Mental
tension-anxiety and confusion-bewilderment
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Outcome_Mental
mean vigor-activity ratings
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Outcome_Mental
mean ratings on the fatigue-inertia subscale