Psydological effect of olfactory stimuli in Enderly

我们研究了什么样的嗅觉刺激倾向于唤起日本健康老年人的情感记忆。对110名健康的日本老年人进行问卷调查，从中选出8种典型气味。这些气味分别是玫瑰、香水、栀子花、印度墨水、香烟、牛奶、粪便和橙子。每种气味都是人工制备的，微胶囊化并印刷在一张1.6 x 2.8英寸的纸卡上。119名健康的日本老年人掰碎胶囊，嗅闻每张卡片，对感知强度、愉悦度、熟悉度和可识别性进行评分，并描述每种气味所唤起的记忆。结果如下：1)与其他气味相比，橙色或香水的气味更容易有效地唤起熟悉感。2)橙、香水、栀子花和牛奶的气味被评为比其他气味更令人愉快。3)橘子或香水的气味在唤起记忆方面相对有效。这些结果表明，橙色或香水的气味对日本老年人的健康有益。

We investigated what kinds of olfactory stimuli tend to recall emotional memories to the healthy Japanese aged people. Eight typical odors were selected from the result of a questionnaire to 110 healthy aged Japanese. The odors were rose, perfume, gardenia, Indian ink, cigarette, milk, feces and orange. Each odor was artificially prepared, microcapusulated and printed on a paper card (1.6 x 2.8 inch). Breaking capsules and sniffing each card, 119 healthy Japanese aged rated the perceived intensity, pleasantness, familiarity and identifiability, and described remembrance called by each odor.The results were the followings.1) The odor of orange or perfume tend to arouse effectively the affection of familiarity more than other odors.2) The odor of orange, perfume, gardenia or milk was rated as more pleasant than the others.3) The odor of orange or perfume was relatively effective in arousing memories.These results suggest that the odor of orange or perfume is effective for the well-being of the Japanese aged.