The Procter Gamble Company

Diane Lynn Prickel

Kevin Lee Doyle

Magda El-Nokaly

Abel Saud

Michael Lee Hilton

Daniel Raymond Schaiper

A method and apparatus are provided to quantify psychological and physiological components to measure acute stress in humans, in which a stimulus can be applied to the test subject's environment during the test. The method involves multiple stress/relaxation intervals while physiological measurements are taken and 'measured,' and involves questionnaires that are answered after each of the intervals to 'measure' the test subject's psychological state. A computerized testing apparatus acquires the physiological measurements, and also is used by the test subject in answering the questionnaires. The &#x201c;stimulus&#x201d; can be a fragrance, flavor, product, or task, and a &#x201c;blank stimulus&#x201d; is normally used during one of the stress intervals.

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Batesville, IN, United States of America

Diane Lynn Prickel