Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference (한국감성과학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2002.05a
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- Pages.257-260
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- 2002
Causal relationship study of human sense for odor
- Kaneki, N. (S.V.B.L. Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan) ;
- Shimada, K. (S.V.B.L. Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan) ;
- Yamada, H. (Lab. of Psychology, Rakuno Gakuen University, Japan) ;
- Miura, T. (S.V.B.L. Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan) ;
- Kamimura, H. (Common Subject Division, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan) ;
- Tanaka, H. (Dept. of Applied Chemistry. Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan)
- Published : 2002.05.01
Abstract
The impressions for odors are subjective and have individual differences. In this study, the Impressions of odors were investigated by covariance structure analysis. 46 subjects (men in their twenty) recorded their reactions to ten odorants by grading them on a seven-point scale in terms of twelve adjective pairs. Their reactions were quantified by using factor analysis and covariance structure analysis. The factors were extracted as "preference", "arousal" and "persistency". The subjects were classified into three groups according to the most suitable causal models (structural equation models). Each group had different causal relationship and different impression structure for odors. It was suggested that there is a possibility to evaluate the subjective impression of odor using covariance structure analysis.