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-====== Second Draft Experiment to Influence Perception ====== +====== How Scent Can Affect Perceived Anger Levels ====== 
-By: [[steve-wang|Steve Wang]]+By [[steve-wang|Steve Wang]] 
 ===== Introduction ===== ===== Introduction =====
 Human perception is an important part of all our lives. From what we do and how we act, it affects all of us consciously and subconsciously. If we can control perception, we will be able to somewhat control behavior. This skill could also be used to improve communication. A sensory perception that I find very fascinating is smell because some smells make my head hurt. However, it is a very important part of our lives. For example, some people might like to put some scents into dehumidifiers. One of them is lemongrass. According to (Healthline Editorial Team, 2020), lemongrass is a tropical, grassy plant used in cooking and herbal medicine. They also mentioned that lemongrass essential oil is a popular tool in aromatherapy to help relieve stress, anxiety, and depression. This experiment researches the relationship between smell and perceptions of anger. This would influence the perceptions of anger because lemongrass is know for its calming. Human perception is an important part of all our lives. From what we do and how we act, it affects all of us consciously and subconsciously. If we can control perception, we will be able to somewhat control behavior. This skill could also be used to improve communication. A sensory perception that I find very fascinating is smell because some smells make my head hurt. However, it is a very important part of our lives. For example, some people might like to put some scents into dehumidifiers. One of them is lemongrass. According to (Healthline Editorial Team, 2020), lemongrass is a tropical, grassy plant used in cooking and herbal medicine. They also mentioned that lemongrass essential oil is a popular tool in aromatherapy to help relieve stress, anxiety, and depression. This experiment researches the relationship between smell and perceptions of anger. This would influence the perceptions of anger because lemongrass is know for its calming.
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 To test how effective manipulating the input of smell could be used to manipilate anger levels, the researcher decided to test if the smell of lemongrass could reduce anger and make people think more calmly. The expected result of the group of people that were exposed to the smell of lemongrass would reduce their anticipation of becoming angry. The researcher did this experiment by going out and asking random people the same simple question: “假如你的朋友跟你有約 但是他卻沒有出現也找不到他 你有多生氣。 0 不生气。 5 非常生气。” In English, it roughly translates: “If you and your friend have agreed to go out, and they did not show and you cannot contact/find them. How angry would you be if 0 is not angry and 5 is very angry. If the interviewee asks for more information, I will tell them the friend is very close to them and they have agreed to go out for fun in this example. The researcher asked 30 people after applying 10 drops of lemongrass to his palm and applying it on his hands and neck. There was no elaborate plan to control what scent the people smelt but it serves to help test how effective scent is as a tool for shaping perception. Mainly, this research would test organization in the process of perception because this is the step that our brain prcess sensory input and makes meaning out of them. The experiment described above would test how the scent of lemongrass would affect how the brain organizes information. Here is a photo of the lemongrass used:  To test how effective manipulating the input of smell could be used to manipilate anger levels, the researcher decided to test if the smell of lemongrass could reduce anger and make people think more calmly. The expected result of the group of people that were exposed to the smell of lemongrass would reduce their anticipation of becoming angry. The researcher did this experiment by going out and asking random people the same simple question: “假如你的朋友跟你有約 但是他卻沒有出現也找不到他 你有多生氣。 0 不生气。 5 非常生气。” In English, it roughly translates: “If you and your friend have agreed to go out, and they did not show and you cannot contact/find them. How angry would you be if 0 is not angry and 5 is very angry. If the interviewee asks for more information, I will tell them the friend is very close to them and they have agreed to go out for fun in this example. The researcher asked 30 people after applying 10 drops of lemongrass to his palm and applying it on his hands and neck. There was no elaborate plan to control what scent the people smelt but it serves to help test how effective scent is as a tool for shaping perception. Mainly, this research would test organization in the process of perception because this is the step that our brain prcess sensory input and makes meaning out of them. The experiment described above would test how the scent of lemongrass would affect how the brain organizes information. Here is a photo of the lemongrass used: 
  
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 [[https://www.muji.qa/en/buy-lemongrass-scented-essential-oil-30-ml-natural.html| Here is the product page]]. It was very potent after applying the lemongrass the smell was very suffocating for the researcher. [[https://www.muji.qa/en/buy-lemongrass-scented-essential-oil-30-ml-natural.html| Here is the product page]]. It was very potent after applying the lemongrass the smell was very suffocating for the researcher.
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