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Atten Percept Psychophys (2014) 76:1510– 1515 DOI 10.3758/s13414-014-0733-0 Attentional control in the attentional blink is modulated by odor Lorenza S. Colzato Roberta Sellaro Claudia Rossi Paccani Bernhard Hommel Published online: 29 July 2014 # The Psychonomic Society, Inc. 2014 Abstract Increasing evidence suggests that `aromas have like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. distinctive effects on the allocation of attention in space: There is no remedy for it. Arousing olfactory fragrances (e.g., peppermint) are supposed to induce a more focused state, and calming olfactory fra- Patrick Süskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer grances (e.g., lavender) a broader attentional state. Here, we Aromas have been found to bias differentially individual’s investigate whether odors have similar effects on the alloca- attention toward either global or local representational levels tion of attention in time. Participants performed the attentional (for reviews, see Hertz, 2009; Johnson, 2011). The stimulating blink (AB) task, known to produce a deficit in reporting the aroma peppermint is supposed to increase arousal and induce second of two target stimuli presented in close succession in a a more focused attentional state, while lavender, a calming rapid sequence of distractors, while being exposed to either a olfactory fragrance, is considered to induce relaxation and a peppermint or a lavender aroma. In two experime