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Evaluation of Cardiovascular Response to Scent Stimulation for Biofeedback Application
Author(s) -
KISHIDA YUJI,
NUMATA TAKASHI,
TAKENO SHOHEI,
KOTANI KIYOSHI,
JIMBO YASUHIKO
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
electronics and communications in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.131
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1942-9541
pISSN - 1942-9533
DOI - 10.1002/ecj.11895
Subject(s) - stimulation , aromatherapy , heartbeat , biofeedback , physical stimulation , lavender oil , medicine , neuroscience , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , computer science , biology , alternative medicine , computer security , pathology , food science , essential oil
SUMMARY Scent stimulation is widely used in day lives such as in aromatherapy. However, the effect of scent stimulation on humans remains unclear. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a system to evaluate the cardiovascular response to scent stimulation for use in biofeedback applications. In this study, we developed a device for quantitative and short‐term stimulation. We evaluated the heartbeat response to scent stimulation with this device. The experiments revealed that the R–R interval (RRI) was reduced by grapefruit scent stimulation. In addition, the RRI was likely to be controlled by scent stimulation with grapefruit and lavender.