Giuliano GaetaGivaudan · Science & Technology
Giuliano Gaeta
PhD
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Introduction
I am currently part of the Science and Technology team at Givaudan, global leader in the production of fragrances and flavours. As a Neuroscience Researcher, I study how fragrances affect brain activity and human behaviour, in order to create products that can promote and improve health and well-being.
We use cutting-edge EEG technology along with other measures to establish how the human brain perceives fragrances and odours.
Additional affiliations
March 2018 - present
Position
- Researcher
Description
- Neuroscience Researcher in the world leading fragrances and flavours manufacturer. I study the effects of fragrances on brain activity and human behaviour.
October 2015 - October 2017
Position
- Demonstrator
Description
- Demonstrator for various undergraduate courses, including lab and lecture sessions, essay marking and 1-1 support to students.
October 2014 - October 2017
Position
- PhD Student
Description
- PhD in Cognitive neuroscience, focusing on the interaction between emotional and cognitive processes, with particular focus on the associated brain activity (EEG functional connectivity) and behavioural correlates.
Education
September 2012 - July 2014
Publications
Publications (7)
Advancements in brain imaging technologies have facilitated the development of “real-world” experimental scenarios. In this study, participants engaged in a household chore – completing a laundry cycle – while their frontal lobe brain activity was monitored using fNIRS. Participants completed this twice using both fragranced and unfragranced deterg...
Olfaction is understudied in neuroimaging research compared to other senses, but there is growing evidence of its therapeutic benefits on mood and well-being. Olfactory imagery can provide similar health benefits as olfactory interventions. Harnessing crossmodal visual-olfactory interactions can facilitate olfactory imagery. Understanding and emplo...
Despite major anatomical differences with other mammalian sensory systems, olfaction shares with those systems a modulation by sleep/wake states. Sleep modulates odor sensitivity and serves as an important regulator of both perceptual and associative odor memory. In addition, however, olfaction also has an important modulatory impact on sleep. Odor...
There are a number of key features which make olfaction difficult to study; subjective processes of odor detection, discrimination and identification, and individualistic odor hedonic perception and associated odor memories. In this systematic review we explore the role functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has played in understanding olfac...
Discipline
Expérimental/mécanismes cellulaires et moléculaires.
Introduction et but de l’étude
Différentes études indiquent que les odeurs ambiantes peuvent influencer les comportements humains, et cela même lorsque les personnes n’en sont pas conscientes. Dans le domaine alimentaire par exemple, il a été montré que des odeurs alimentaires sublimi...
Emotional stimuli can influence the performance of a cognitive task when presented in conjunction with it, although irrelevant to its completion. However, several criticalities and relevant gaps in the current literature on emotional distraction can be detected, and the present work aims to contribute to a better definition and understanding of the...
The present work aims to investigate the electroencephalographic (EEG) activity elicited by the observation of emotional pictures selected from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) database. We analyzed the evoked activity within time intervals of increasing duration taking into account the related ratings of Valence and Arousal. The s...
