Ambient odors influence the amplitude and time course of visual distraction

• Published in: Behavioral neuroscience Vol. 119; no. 3; p. 708
• Main Authors: Michael, George Andrew, Jacquot, Lawrence, Millot, Jean-Louis, Brand, Gérard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2005
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Attention - drug effects; Attention - physiology; Female; Humans; Isothiocyanates - pharmacology; Odorants; Phenylethyl Alcohol - pharmacology; Photic Stimulation - methods; Reaction Time - physiology; Time Factors; Visual Perception - drug effects; Visual Perception - physiology

Behavioral performance was examined in a task of attentional capture by luminance under conditions of ambient odors (phenyl ethyl alcohol [PEA], olfactory stimulus, and allyl isothiocyanate [AIC], mixed olfactory/trigeminal stimulus). The AIC increased the amplitude and duration of capture, whereas...