The Effectiveness of Scents on the Performance of Using Word Processing Systems

• Main Authors: Li-Hsin Chen, 陳立欣
• Other Authors: Jih-Shyong Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15601334806615909296

碩士 === 大同大學 === 工業設計研究所 === 95 === When human’s desires of hearing and vision are satisfied gradually, development of olfactory product and the influence of its odor to the users behavior are still the new topics waiting to be discovered in the design field. Although in the limited academic research, most of the researchers agree that the environment with good odors can promote apparently the satisfaction of the olfactory products users, whether the behaviors of the users will be affected by the stimulation of odors is still unclear. This study is mainly aimed to discuss whether odors can influence work efficiency of the computer users, observe how the spreading time and frequencies of odors influence the testees’ paperwork performance in the experiment according to the concluded properties of odors, and know their psychological feelings and suggestions for design of the product. The first phase of this study was testing what odors people like; we took 20 kinds of natural essential oils sold in the market as the positive samples to evaluate the testees’likes for the odor and investigate them with questionnaires. In addition, we tested the testees’ working state of inputting words in computers and took the bearable successive working time as the test time for experiment. According to the test result of the first phase, three most popular odors were picked out to conduct the work erformance test, which respect comfort, refreshing and personal preference, the three properties of odor. Also we set five different spreading time and frequencies of odor for the experiment, and we analyzed and compared the results of three hours’ test for objective work performance and subjective questionnaires. At last, we understood the testees’ psychological feelings and design suggestions for using olfactory products through intensive interviews. From the result, we found that odors with properties of refreshing and personal like promoted apparently testees’ work performance on inputting words in computers for three hours, and the effect of the odor with property of comfort was not apparent to that; however it could promote testees’ work performance in subjective cognitions. The testees provided their opinions and suggestions for using and design the olfactory products in the intensive interviews after experiment and expected this kind of product could get better development.