IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v19y2022i18p11639-d915614.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Psychophysiological Responses of Cut Flower Fragrances as an Olfactory Stimulation by Measurement of Electroencephalogram in Adults

Author

Listed:
  • Yu-Tong Wu

    (Department of Bio and Healing Convergence, Graduate School, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea
    Plant, Environment, and Health Lab, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • A-Young Lee

    (Plant, Environment, and Health Lab, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea
    Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106032, Taiwan
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Na-Yoon Choi

    (Department of Bio and Healing Convergence, Graduate School, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea
    Plant, Environment, and Health Lab, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea)

  • Sin-Ae Park

    (Plant, Environment, and Health Lab, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea
    Department of Systems Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea)

Abstract

Horticultural therapy (HT) is green care that can help improve and recover the health of modern people living in cities through natural experiences. Many studies have been conducted to determine HT’s therapeutic effects and underlying mechanisms, but investigation for developing readily applicable clinical techniques is insufficient. We aimed to investigate adults’ brain activity and emotional state during flower arrangement (FA) with different flowers in an HT program. We recruited thirty adults and used a randomized cross-over study method to set them to participate in five FA tasks at 90-s intervals. While performing FA tasks, the participants’ prefrontal cortex brain waves were measured by a wireless electroencephalography device and their emotional states between FA tasks were measured by questionnaires. Results showed that each FA task resulted in a different attention level of the participants. The participants showed the highest attention level during FA with stocks and carnations, while FA with lilies showed the lowest attention level among the five FA tasks. Instead, the participants showed the highest arousal, tension, and anxiety for emotional states during FA with lilies. Therefore, this study confirmed the differences in attention level and emotional changes according to flower types for using clinical techniques of HT for various clients.

Suggested Citation

  • Yu-Tong Wu & A-Young Lee & Na-Yoon Choi & Sin-Ae Park, 2022. "Psychophysiological Responses of Cut Flower Fragrances as an Olfactory Stimulation by Measurement of Electroencephalogram in Adults," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(18), pages 1-14, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:18:p:11639-:d:915614
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/18/11639/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/18/11639/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Jiang Tao & Ahmad Hassan & Chen Qibing & Liu Yinggao & Guo Li & Mingyan Jiang & Deng Li & Li Nian & Lv Bing-Yang & Zhong Ziqin, 2020. "Psychological and Physiological Relaxation Induced by Nature-Working with Ornamental Plants," Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Hindawi, vol. 2020, pages 1-7, March.
    2. Juan Du & Jiali Yin & Xiaomei Chen & Ahmad Hassan & Erkang Fu & Xi Li, 2022. "Electroencephalography (EEG)-Based Neural Emotional Response to Flower Arrangements (FAs) on Normal Elderly (NE) and Cognitively Impaired Elderly (CIE)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(7), pages 1-9, March.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Juan Du & Xiaomei Chen & Li Xi & Beibei Jiang & Jun Ma & Guangsheng Yuan & Ahmad Hassan & Erkang Fu & Yumei Huang, 2022. "Electroencephalography-Based Neuroemotional Responses in Cognitively Normal and Cognitively Impaired Elderly by Watching the Ardisia mamillata Hance with Fruits and without Fruits," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(16), pages 1-12, August.
    2. Juan Du & Jiali Yin & Xiaomei Chen & Ahmad Hassan & Erkang Fu & Xi Li, 2022. "Electroencephalography (EEG)-Based Neural Emotional Response to Flower Arrangements (FAs) on Normal Elderly (NE) and Cognitively Impaired Elderly (CIE)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(7), pages 1-9, March.
    3. A-Young Lee & Seon-Ok Kim & Sin-Ae Park, 2021. "Attention and Emotional States during Horticultural Activities of Adults in 20s Using Electroencephalography: A Pilot Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-16, November.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:18:p:11639-:d:915614. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.