- 著者
- Chen ZHOU Fumihiro SHUTOH Hiroshi KOMADA Toshimasa YAMANAKA
- 出版者
- Japan Society of Kansei Engineering
- 雑誌
- International Journal of Affective Engineering (ISSN:21875413)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.IJAE-D-19-00017, (Released:2020-06-03)
- 参考文献数
- 26
- 被引用文献数
- 1
Scent and music are acknowledged to generate physiological and psychological changes on people, and the combination of scent and music is exerted in diverse situations. However, effects and utilization of scent and music in confined resting environment have not been examined exhaustively. To investigate the effects of scent and music on people’s moods and stress in confined resting areas, towards a better understanding about the olfactory and auditory environment, we tested six combinations of scent and music. The results indicated that music hardly changed people’s stress evaluation, but had significant effects on moods. On the other hand, scent dramatically affected both moods and stress assessment. Profound comprehension about scent and music will offer further inspiration for the design of olfactory and auditory environment in confined spaces, and new knowledge and perspectives gained through this exploratory study will serve to the thorough and supplementary research in the future.
- 著者
- Chen ZHOU Toshimasa YAMANAKA
- 出版者
- Japan Society of Kansei Engineering
- 雑誌
- International Journal of Affective Engineering (ISSN:21875413)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.IJAE-D-17-00032, (Released:2018-04-12)
- 参考文献数
- 26
- 被引用文献数
- 7
It is widely believed that there is a relationship between scent and music. For example, there is congruence among certain scent, music, and consumers' buying behaviors according to previous study. However, only limited number of scents and music have been analyzed, which is not sufficient to conclude common characteristics of congruence between scent and music in arousal dimension. Consequently, we investigated the effect of scent on the mood evaluation of music by using four kinds of scents and two music samples. Overall, our results showed the arousal quality of scent would effectively modify the perceived arousal level of music, and scent which was congruent with music on arousal could also increase the affirmation of music. These results therefore underline the potential of scent to enhance listening experience, and those working in the music industry may feel progressively further optimistic in adopting appropriate scent to achieve advanced listening experience.