Do scents affect people’s moods or work performance?
Do scents affect people's moods or work performance? Rachel S. Herz, an assistant professor of psychology at Brown University, provides the following explanation: The simple answer is yes, but the reasons may not be what you expect. Odors do affect peoples mood, work performance and behavior in a variety of ways but it isnt because odors work on us like a drug, instead we work on them through our experiences with them. That is, in order for an odor to elicit any...