Received this in my Aikido Newsletter. It is long so I
have put the results at the end up top here as well.
The detailed info follows.

(NOTE: Correspondence: Email me separately as I do not
look at the site often and just use it for reference.)

Results summary:
--Peppermint is associated with decreased anxiety while
driving.
--Peppermint is associated with decreased fatigue while
driving.
--Peppermint and cinnamon are associated with decreased
driving frustration.
--Peppermint and cinnamon are associated with decreased
temporal demand while
driving.
--Peppermint and cinnamon are associated with greater
levels of driving alertness.
The results of the study were presented at the recent
Association for Chemical Reception
Sciences Conference in Sarasota, Fla."

From Original New School Aikido Newsletter:

"This comes from Wheeling Jesuit University (West
Virginia)
If you want to be a better, more alert driver and you
want that grind of a daily commute to
be a little less frustrating, all you have to do is fill
your car with the scent of either
peppermint or cinnamon.

When researchers from Wheeling Jesuit University in West
Virginia, exposed volunteer
drivers to the scent of peppermint and cinnamon, a funny
thing happened. They became
less frustrated and suffered less anxiety and fatigue.
In addition, they became more
alert--just from the scent of these two spices. "Given
these results, it is reasonable to
expect that the presentation of peppermint or cinnamon
odor while driving may produce a
more alert and conscientious driver, and minimize the
fatigue associated with prolonged
driving," said study leader and associate professor of
psychology Dr. Bryan Raudenbush.

This wasn't a total surprise. Previous research has
shown that peppermint and cinnamon
enhance motivation, performance, and alertness, decrease
fatigue, and serve as central
nervous system stimulants.

In this latest study, Raudenbush found that when
volunteers who were monitored during
simulated driving conditions were exposed for 30 seconds
in 15 minute intervals to
cinnamon, their level of fatigue decreased. In addition,
the drivers became more alert
when exposed to cinnamon and peppermint, while a no-odor
control had no effect on the
drivers. "Periodic administration of these odors over
long-term driving may prove
beneficial in maintaining alertness and decreasing
highway accidents and fatalities,"
Raudenbush said in a news release announcing the study
findings.


Results summary:
--Peppermint is associated with decreased anxiety while
driving.
--Peppermint is associated with decreased fatigue while
driving.
--Peppermint and cinnamon are associated with decreased
driving frustration.
--Peppermint and cinnamon are associated with decreased
temporal demand while
driving.
--Peppermint and cinnamon are associated with greater
levels of driving alertness.
The results of the study were presented at the recent
Association for Chemical Reception
Sciences Conference in Sarasota, Fla."

Whitefire
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