Behavioral and Neural Changes Induced by a Blended Essential Oil on Human Selective Attention
Selective attention refers to the selecting and preferential processing of specific information while simultaneously suppressing irrelevant distractors, activities linked to various cognitive skills and academic achievements. The influence of essential oils on the cognition of humans has been extens...
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| author | Jieqiong Liu Shi Cai Danni Chen Ke Wu Yang Liu Ruqian Zhang Mei Chen Xianchun Li |
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| description | Selective attention refers to the selecting and preferential processing of specific information while simultaneously suppressing irrelevant distractors, activities linked to various cognitive skills and academic achievements. The influence of essential oils on the cognition of humans has been extensively explored. However, the effects of essential oils on human selective attention and the underlying neural mechanisms remain unclear. In the present study, participants were divided into a “blended essential oil” group and a “no essential oil” group and enrolled on a negative priming task, including a control condition and a negative priming condition. The event-related potential technique was used to examine the brain mechanisms underlying the blended essential oil effects on human selective attention. Behavioral results showed that individuals responded more quickly in the negative priming condition when exposed to the blended essential oil. In addition, the blended essential oil eliminated the differences in the P300 amplitude in the postcentral area of the brain between the negative priming condition and the control condition. Moreover, the blended essential oil led to stronger functional connectivity during the task. The present study thus suggests that blended essential oil can significantly change brain activity and functional connections in human beings, which may improve human selective attention. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3f49a7655f3d44f386ecfec227d816eb2025-02-03T01:28:26ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85842019-01-01201910.1155/2019/58421325842132Behavioral and Neural Changes Induced by a Blended Essential Oil on Human Selective AttentionJieqiong Liu0Shi Cai1Danni Chen2Ke Wu3Yang Liu4Ruqian Zhang5Mei Chen6Xianchun Li7School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Shanghai Changning-ECNU Mental Health Center, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, ChinaDaikin (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200062, ChinaSchool of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Shanghai Changning-ECNU Mental Health Center, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, ChinaDaikin (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200062, ChinaSchool of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Shanghai Changning-ECNU Mental Health Center, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, ChinaSchool of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Shanghai Changning-ECNU Mental Health Center, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, ChinaSchool of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Shanghai Changning-ECNU Mental Health Center, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, ChinaSchool of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Shanghai Changning-ECNU Mental Health Center, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, ChinaSelective attention refers to the selecting and preferential processing of specific information while simultaneously suppressing irrelevant distractors, activities linked to various cognitive skills and academic achievements. The influence of essential oils on the cognition of humans has been extensively explored. However, the effects of essential oils on human selective attention and the underlying neural mechanisms remain unclear. In the present study, participants were divided into a “blended essential oil” group and a “no essential oil” group and enrolled on a negative priming task, including a control condition and a negative priming condition. The event-related potential technique was used to examine the brain mechanisms underlying the blended essential oil effects on human selective attention. Behavioral results showed that individuals responded more quickly in the negative priming condition when exposed to the blended essential oil. In addition, the blended essential oil eliminated the differences in the P300 amplitude in the postcentral area of the brain between the negative priming condition and the control condition. Moreover, the blended essential oil led to stronger functional connectivity during the task. The present study thus suggests that blended essential oil can significantly change brain activity and functional connections in human beings, which may improve human selective attention.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5842132 |
| spellingShingle | Jieqiong Liu Shi Cai Danni Chen Ke Wu Yang Liu Ruqian Zhang Mei Chen Xianchun Li Behavioral and Neural Changes Induced by a Blended Essential Oil on Human Selective Attention Behavioural Neurology |
| title | Behavioral and Neural Changes Induced by a Blended Essential Oil on Human Selective Attention |
| title_full | Behavioral and Neural Changes Induced by a Blended Essential Oil on Human Selective Attention |
| title_fullStr | Behavioral and Neural Changes Induced by a Blended Essential Oil on Human Selective Attention |
| title_full_unstemmed | Behavioral and Neural Changes Induced by a Blended Essential Oil on Human Selective Attention |
| title_short | Behavioral and Neural Changes Induced by a Blended Essential Oil on Human Selective Attention |
| title_sort | behavioral and neural changes induced by a blended essential oil on human selective attention |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5842132 |
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