On Eeg, Emotion & Odour
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A Thesis Submitted for the Degree of PhD at the University of Warwick Permanent WRAP URL: http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/136112 Copyright and reuse: This thesis is made available online and is protected by original copyright. Please scroll down to view the document itself. Please refer to the repository record for this item for information to help you to cite it. Our policy information is available from the repository home page. For more information, please contact the WRAP Team at: [email protected] warwick.ac.uk/lib-publications - CONTENTS- Page C ontents..............................................................................................................................i List of tables and illustrations...........................................................................x Acknowledgem ents.................................................................................................... xiii D eclaration....................................................................................................................xiv A bstract...........................................................................................................................xv Chapter 1: Olfactory psychology-an introduction and o v e r v i e w ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1. Psychology and the sense of smell ......................................................... 1 1 .2 . The human psychophysiology of the sense of smell.................................. 6 1 .3 . The aims of the present thesis ................................................................. 9 Chapter 2: Can odour alter behaviour? A review and critique of olfactory psychology .................................................................................. 1 1 2 .1 . Olfactory psychology: a definition ......................................................... 11 2 .2 . What is the use of smell? Some social consequences.............................. 12 2.3. Olfaction: Its common roles ................................................................. 14 2.4. Olfactory influences on affect and cognition .......................................... 15 2.4.i. Learning, memory and cognition .................................... 16 2.4.ii. Alteration of affective and expressive response to odour....... 18 2.4. a) Field studies ............................................................... 19 2.4. b) Laboratory-based experiments ...................................... 20 2 .5 . A caveat ................................................................................................... 23 2 .6 . Summary of behavioural effects of odour and a mention of the limbic system ............................................................................................ 24 Chapter 3: Foods and their odours-their effects on consumption and behaviour........................................................................ 29 3.1. The psychological usefulness of food: behavioural effects...................... 29 3 .2 . Food consumption and cognition in adults ............................................ 30 3 .3 . Nutrient-specific impairment? ................................................................ 32 3 .4 . Pre-and post-prandial response to food and food odour.......................... 34 3 .5 . Alliesthesia and the concept of sensory-specific satiety........................... 36 3.6. Alliesthesia & sensory-specific satiety I: the laboratory studies................ 38 3 .7 . Pre- and post-prandial pleasantness ratings of food ................................ 40 3.8. Alliesthesia and sensory-specific satiety II: a critique............................. 41 3 .9 . Summary of the behavioural effects of food and food odour................... 43 Chapter 4: EEG, ERP and olfactory perception. The use of psychophysiology to examine human response to odour and food consumption ............................................................................................. 45 4 .1 . Psychological concomitants of EEG activity ........................................... 45 4 .2 . Alpha desynchrony: artifact or task-related? ........................................... 48 4 .3 . Electroencephalography: The technique, the activity and its problems........50 4.4. Brain mapping and EEG ........................................................................ 52 4.5. EEG: statistical considerations ............................................................... 53 4 .6 . Event-Related-Potentials and their potential relation to information- processing ................................................................................................. 57 4 .7 . The P300 .................................................................................................... 58 iii 4 .8 . Changes in evoked potentials: food consumption or diurnal variation?...... 61 4.9. ERPs and food analogues ...................................................................... 62 4 .1 0 . EEG & odour: methodological considerations ....................................... 65 4 .1 1 . Event-related potentials and olfaction ..................................................... 68 4 .1 2 . Food odour, the EEG and the ERP ....................................................... 70 4.13. EEG and food odour: cognitive mediation? .......................................... 73 4 .1 4 . EEG, odour and affect ........................................................................... 74 4 .1 5 . Approach-withdrawal behaviour ........................................................... 80 4 .1 6 . Approach-withdrawal behaviour and odour ........................................... 82 4.1 7. Conclusion ............................................................................................... 84 Chapter 5: Experiment 1- Meal ingestion and exposure to food odour: their effects on the auditory oddball ERP task. Method & results ....................................................................... 88 5 .1 . Introduction .......................................................................................... 88 5 .2 . Subjects ................................................................................................. 91 5 .3 . Procedure .............................................................................................. 93 5 .4 . Task ....................................................................................................... 95 5 .5 . ERP recording apparatus .................................................................... 96 5.6. Data reduction ..................................................................................... 96 5 .7 . Psychometric data ............................................................................... 97 5.7.i. Odour identification ........................................................... 97 5.7.ii. Psychometric ratings: pleasantness, strength and familiarity ..................................................................................... 98 5 .8 . ERP results ......................................................................................... 101 5.8.1. Tone counting ................................................................ 101 5.8.11. Amplitude data ............................................................... 102 (a) Effects on N100 amplitude ............................................... 102 (b) Effects on P200 amplitude ............................................... 102 (b) i. Was there an effect of group or odour? .............................. 102 (b) ii. Was there an effect of time-of-day?................................. 103 (b) iii. Did exposure to odour interact with group or time-of-day? .. 103 (c) Effects on P300 amplitude ................................................. 104 5.8.111. Latency data ............................................................... 104 (a) Effects on N100 latency ................................................... 104 (b) Effects on P200 latency ...................................................... 104 (b) i. Was there a main effect of group, odour or time-of-day ? .... 104 (c) Effects on P300 latency ...................................................... 105 (c) i. Was there a main effect of odour, lunch or time-of-day?...... 105 5 .9 . Discussion .......................................................................................... 105 5.9.1. Alliesthesia ..................................................................... 105 5.9.11. Did lunch affect the P3(X) or any other ERP component? ... 106 5.9.111. Did odour affect any ERP component? ......................... 110 5.9.iv. Was any diurnal variation apparent for any component? .... 113 Chapter 6: Experiment 2- Meal consumption, exposure to food odour and EEG activity; an investigation using Brain Electrical Activity Mapping. Method & results ........................ 116 6 .1 . Introduction ......................................................................................... 116 V 6 .2 . Subjects ............................................................................................. 119 6 .3 . Procedure .......................................................................................... 120 6 .4 . The odours ...................................................................................... 121 6 .5 . The lunch ............................................................................................ 123 6 .6 . EEG apparatus and recording protocol