AromaCue - A Scent Toolkit To Cope with Stress using the 4-7-8 Breathing Method
| Autor: | Kai Kunze, Masa Inakage, Atsuro Ueki, Zilan Lin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Computer science 05 social sciences Stressor Wearable computer 020207 software engineering 02 engineering and technology Audiology Stress (linguistics) 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Breathing Anxiety 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences medicine.symptom 050107 human factors Stroop effect |
| Zdroj: | Tangible and Embedded Interaction |
| Popis: | In this paper, we present AromaCue, an initial design for a scent-based toolkit to cope with stressful situations using scent conditioning. The AromaCue toolkit consists of two parts: a breath training device using multiple stimuli and a wearable scent-emitting device (with a stress ball as an activator). Scent can trigger emotional memories. In the initial design, we utilized the properties of various scents as retrieval cues for consciousness breathing. In a comparative experiment, eight participants showed a significant heart rate decrease several minutes after a stressor (the Stroop test) when a scent cue was present, but not without it. One week of user study revealed significant improvement on Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) scores. Therefore, AromaCue can help users to cope with stress. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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