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

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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

Alejandra VILAPLANA Toshimasa YAMANAKA

出版者

日本感性工学会

雑誌

International Journal of Affective Engineering (ISSN:21875413)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.14, no.3, pp.175-182, 2015 (Released:2015-06-30)

参考文献数

18

被引用文献数

4

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Waiting is an inevitable part of life and the spaces in which we wait can contribute to either improve or worsen the experience. This paper covers the process and results of “The waiting room”, analyzing if the presence of specific smells has a significant impact in how the room and the waiting experience are perceived. Two different odorants were selected, lavender (relaxing) and orange (stimulating); 63 participants from 32 different countries were assigned into three groups (between-groups approach): Control (unscented), Orange and Lavender. Results show that both scents affected the room and waiting experience evaluation in different ways and overall increased the surrounding space perception compared to the unscented condition. Participants exposed to lavender scent were inclined to rate higher the ‘psychological’ properties of the room such as pleasantness and warmth; in addition the lavender-evoked memories were emotion based. Participants exposed to orange scent tended to rate higher the ‘physical’ properties of the room such as brightness and height; orange-evoked memories were object based. Lavender scent had a stronger influence in space perception than orange, suggesting the relevance of congruence and coherence between scent and physical environment when incorporating it as a tangible design tool in architecture.

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

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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.

著者

Xanat VARGAS MEZA 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

vol.17, no.1, pp.39-48, 2018 (Released:2018-01-31)

参考文献数

45

被引用文献数

2 6

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The present study analyzed YouTube sustainable design communities (with an emphasis on Academia) in English and Spanish through webometric methods. Findings included differences between the networks in terms of speakers and popular videos. Network centralities revealed that English videos form a community with multiple interconnections between universities and other stakeholders, while Spanish videos are mostly small groups and isolated nodes. Despite being well connected, videos related to universities were less popular than videos unrelated to universities. Nevertheless, videos related to students were key in spreading sustainable design content in both networks. The findings also suggest some factors that may be playing in favor of English based content.