Back in 2003, Researchers at Northumbria University, Newcastle showed that smelling rosemary is linked with “an enhancement of performance for overall quality of memory and secondary memory factors”
Fast forward to 2012, the researchers are finally able to scientifically explain the cognitive-boosting abilities of the herb ). This is what they discovered…
The new study followed twenty people as they performed subtraction exercises as well as visual information processing tasks and other tests. Their mood was also assessed before and after being exposed to the scent of rosemary in their work stations and blood samples were drawn.
Altogether, 66 people took part in the study and were randomly assigned to either the rosemary-scented room or another room with no scent.
