Use of Electroencephalogram to Supplement Sensory Assessment for the Evaluation of Body Odor

• Published in: 대한화장품학회지, 46(3) pp. 265 - 272
• Main Authors: 서영경, 백지훈, 부용출, 고재숙
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 사단법인 대한화장품학회 01.09.2020
• Subjects: 피부과학
• ISSN: 1226-2587; 2288-9507
• DOI: 10.15230/SCSK.2020.46.3.265

The body odor as well as the skin changes has become an important issue. Humans leave respective specific odors dependent on sex and age; The odor has been known to affect social relationship of human. In this study, we wanted to confirm the possibility as parameters to evaluate body odor into existing odor evaluation methods by experts. The 15 subjects, aged from 50 to 61 years wore cotton t-shirts for 72 hours and collected body odor. The cotton t-shirts containing body odor were used for sensory evaluation and EEG measurement by the odor experts. In order to evaluate body odors of each subject, an odor sensory evaluation and electroencephalogram (EEG) were conducted by odor exports and the correlation in between two assessments was analyzed. Pearson correlation analysis shows negative correlation of the sensory evaluation versus ‘Excitement’ in EEG parameter (r = - 0.649, p = 0.009) and positive correlation of the sensory evaluation versus ‘Stress’ in EEG parameter (r = 0.704, p = 0.003). In conclusion, it is considered that the evaluation of body odor through EEG measurement can be used as a method to complement the odor evaluation by experts. KCI Citation Count: 0