To answer these questions I conducted an experiment with college students at the University of Iowa to find out if one's olfaction sense really does play a larger role than expected. To do so, I set up an experiment utilizing the scent of peppermint that claims to have effects on an individual's alertness.

My experiment consisted of 100 University of Iowa Students whom were randomly selected. I randomly chose the students by going to a variety of lecture halls in order to accumulate a diverse group of students with different education backgrounds in order to assure I didn't bias my experiment by testing only one "type" of student (i.e. business, chemistry, theater, communication). They were instructed to arrive at McBride Hall where the experiment would take place.

Before the students arrived at McBride Hall I placed pieces of paper on the seats that had a small amount of solid oil on them. Half of the oils were peppermint scented and the other half had no

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From this correlational version of my study I was able to causally conclude that females must have more sensitive olfactory nerves, allowing them to be more stimulated by the effects of the peppermint oil. Yet this causal conclusion would need to be further researched before considered a fact because an extraneous variable could be causing the women to have better quiz scores. An extraneous variable such as test skills. It is possible that the reason why the females acceled over the males is because they are in general better test takers. Which would mean that although the peppermint oil did increase alertness and cause better test scores; the effects of aromatherapy has no greater effect on one gender compared to the other.

In conclusion, my experiment was a success. I clearly proved in my first experiment that aromatherapy is true, specifically the effects of the scent of peppermint on alertness. Furthermore, from this experiment I found more questions being asked in my head that lead me to a correlational study involving the effects of aromatherapy on males and females. Yet I cannot conclude anything solid from this study because of extraneous variables that might have skewed my data, it just leaves room for more experimenting to take place to find out more answers!

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