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http://dx.doi.org/10.14695/KJSOS.2015.18.1.95

Effects of Aroma Therapy on EEG and Academic Stress  

Kim, Woo-Jong (Department of Physical Education, Kyungpook National University)
Kwon, Mi-Hwa (Department of Physical Education, Kyungpook National University)
Kwon, Myung-Hwa (Department of Physical Education, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Jin-gu (Department of Physical Education, Kyungpook National University)
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Science of Emotion and Sensibility / v.18, no.1, 2015 , pp. 95-102 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of aroma oil on EEG and academic stress. Twenty four male middle school students whose mean age 15 years participated in this experiment. They were assigned into one of two experimental conditions :(1) treatment group and control group. Lee Bo-young's Academic stress level test was used to measure the level of the stress. WEEG-8 Channel(Laxtha Inc) was used to measure the EEG. Four different areas(Fp1, Fp2, F3, F4) related to stress were tested based on the international 10-20 System. The task was to complete the stress test, to inhale the aroma in a comfortable chair for 3 minutes and to complete the stress test, again. The results of this study indicated that aroma inhalation reduced students' academic stress. In addition, alpha wave was increased by inhaling the aroma. The findings of the present study suggested that aromatherapy become a potential tool to reduce the level of stress.
Keywords
EEG; alpha wave; aromatherapy; academic stress;
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