Aromatherapy Experiment

Aromatherapy is said to work wonders on body, mind and soul. By utilizing essential oils extracted from herbs, flowers, and fruits this form of therapy claims to carry many benefits and are growing in popularity. But is this true? Can scents really persuade a person? To answer these questions I conducted an experiment with college students at the University of Iowa to find out if one’s olfaction sense really does play a larger role …showed first 75 words of 1053 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1053 total…specifically the effects of the scent of peppermint on alertness. Furthermore, from this experiment I found more questions being asked in my head that lead me to a correlational study involving the effects of aromatherapy on males and females. Yet I cannot conclude anything solid from this study because of extraneous variables that might have skewed my data, it just leaves room for more experimenting to take place to find out more answers! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**