Table 2.
Variable | Odor condition | ||||||||
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Session | Placebo | Orange | “Perfume” | Laurinal | |||||
M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||
Olfactory testing (Sniffin’Sticks) | |||||||||
Odor Threshold | First | 7.5 | 2 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 6.1 | 2.4 | 6.1 | 3.4 |
Second | 7.3 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 7 | 2.7 | 7.5 | 4.1 | |
Third | |||||||||
Identification | First | 14.2 | 1.1 | 14.2 | 1.2 | 13.8 | 1.3 | 13.6 | 1 |
Second | 14.6 | 1.1 | 13.9 | 1.2 | 14.2 | 1.5 | 13.9 | 1.2 | |
Third | |||||||||
Discrimination | First | 13.7 | 1.6 | 13.3 | 1.5 | 13.3 | 1.7 | 13 | 1.8 |
Total assessment of olfactory functions | First | 35.4 | 2.8 | 34.2 | 3.6 | 33.2 | 3.7 | 32.6 | 4.1 |
Significance of olfaction | First | 36.8 | 7.2 | 32.3 | 6.8 | 34.9 | 5.9 | 33.2 | 5.3 |
Second | 35.9 | 6.7 | 32.8 | 6.2 | 34.2 | 6 | 31.7 | 6.2 | |
Third | 35.8 | 7.1 | 32.5 | 6.1 | 34.1 | 6.8 | 32 | 7.4 | |
Cognitive testing | |||||||||
Executive control (Trail Making Test, part B) | First | 50.1 | 20.9 | 47.3 | 10.6 | 50.3 | 19.7 | 57 | 21.5 |
Second | 40 | 16 | 46.6 | 29.2 | 41.8 | 24.2 | 43.6 | 15.6 | |
Third | 36.9 | 15.4 | 38.6 | 17.8 | 40 | 21.8 | 39.3 | 11.8 | |
Spatial spans (Corsi Block tapping Test) | First | 6 | 1.6 | 6.5 | 1.3 | 6.2 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 1.4 |
Second | 6.3 | 1.5 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 6.4 | 1.4 | |
Third | 6.3 | 1.3 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 6.2 | 1.5 | |
Non-cognitive tests | |||||||||
Anxiety (HADSA) | First | 5.1 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 3 | 6.3 | 2.8 |
Second | 4.6 | 3 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 3.2 | |
Third | 5.2 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 4.1 | |
Depression (HADSD) | First | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.2 |
Second | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2 | 2 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 2.7 | |
Third | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.5 | 3.6 | |
Personality (NEO Five Factor Inventory) | |||||||||
Neuroticism | First | 17.6 | 8.1 | 19 | 7.7 | 19 | 7.5 | 21.3 | 7 |
Extraversion | First | 29.3 | 6 | 29.4 | 5.5 | 29.7 | 5.6 | 28.8 | 5.7 |
Openness | First | 32.5 | 5.9 | 30.7 | 6.3 | 31.6 | 6.8 | 29.3 | 6.1 |
Agreeableness | First | 32.8 | 5.7 | 31.6 | 5.1 | 34.1 | 5 | 32 | 6.3 |
Conscientiousness | First | 35.5 | 5.1 | 33.7 | 7.3 | 34.7 | 6.7 | 33.8 | 6 |