Sensory Priming: The olfaction as an attention inducer



Document title: Sensory Priming: The olfaction as an attention inducer
Journal: Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000452245
ISSN: 1984-8250
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Ciencias Ambientais, Quimicas e Farmaceuticas, Diadema, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Faculdade de Tecnologia de Diadema Luigi Papaiz, Diadema, Sao Paulo. Brasil
3University of the Arts London, London College of Fashion, Londres. Reino Unido
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Volumen: 58
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract In this study, we investigated the influence of the olfactive stimulus on visual attention. Two groups of 30 subjects participated in two experiments. Both experiments presented two arrays of fruits stimulus intercalated by an olfactive intervention. The stimulus was received in the form of images by the first group and in the form of words by the second group. An eye-tracking device monitored the timekeeping of visual attention dispensed in each stimulus. The results showed that olfactive priming influenced visual attention in both cases but with a greater degree in the images stimulus group. This study shows for the first time that image information is more susceptible to priming olfactive information than wording information. This effect may be associated with the formation of mental images in working memory, aroused by fragrances
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Fisiología humana,
Cognición,
Imprimación olfativa,
Atención visual
Keyword: Human physiology,
Cognition,
Olfactive priming,
Visual attention
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