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Title

Train the Brain Using Virtual Reality Aromatherapy to Detect Memory Loss Diseases

Authors

Shannon Crain, Boise State UniversityFollow
Neale Ellyson, Boise State UniversityFollow
Beatrice Dayrit, Boise State UniversityFollow
John Bieter, Boise State UniversityFollow
Peter Müllner, Boise State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Student Presentation

Presentation Date

12-4-2020

Faculty Mentor

Dr. John Bieter and Dr. Peter Müllner

Abstract

What comes to mind when you think of baking homemade bread, or hugging a family member, or climbing the tree outside your childhood home? These memories often come with a smell that help bring that memory into focus.

Those with memory loss diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia often demonstrate a difficulty in recognizing scents in addition to their memory loss symptoms. The connection between the olfactory system and the hippocampus, where degeneration due to the disease occurs, is being explored. The aim is to be able to provide a biomarker for diagnosis and a therapy to train the brain towards better scent recognition.

Comments

This research is part of the VAR Scent project.

Recommended Citation

Crain, Shannon; Ellyson, Neale; Dayrit, Beatrice; Bieter, John; and Müllner, Peter, "Train the Brain Using Virtual Reality Aromatherapy to Detect Memory Loss Diseases" (2020). VIP 2020. 17.
https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/vip_2020/17