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Methods: Twenty healthy adults aged 20\u201329 years participated in a single-group, within-subject pre\u2013post study and were exposed to coffee aroma for 5 min. Mood was assessed using the Profile of Mood States (POMS). Pre- and post-exposure measurements were compared using paired t-tests, with Holm adjustment for the six POMS subscales. Effect sizes, 95% confidence intervals (CIs), and exploratory cross-domain correlations were also examined. Results: Total Mood Disturbance decreased following exposure (mean change = \u221220.54, 95% CI: \u221230.65 to \u221210.43; Cohen\u2019s dz = \u22120.95). After Holm adjustment, Fatigue, Tension\u2013Anxiety, Confusion, and Depression\u2013Dejection remained significantly reduced. The EEG-derived relaxation index increased (mean change = 0.0378, 95% CI: 0.0248\u20130.0508; dz = 1.36). No statistically significant changes were detected in HR (dz = 0.19) or HRV (dz = 0.13). Exploratory cross-domain analyses identified no significant associations among individual changes in subjective, cortical, and cardiovascular measures. Conclusions: Short-term coffee aroma exposure was followed by changes in subjective mood and an EEG-derived index, whereas no significant cardiovascular changes were detected. Multimodal assessment may provide complementary information regarding psychological and physiological changes following coffee aroma exposure, although controlled studies with larger samples are required.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu18182954","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,9]],"date-time":"2026-09-09T08:05:43Z","timestamp":1788941143000},"page":"2954","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Short-Term Psychological and Physiological Changes Following Coffee Aroma Exposure: A Multimodal Assessment"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Moeka","family":"Fukatsu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Pharmacy, Showa Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo 194-8543, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"formal-analysis","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-original-draft","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1526-3351","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yukihiro","family":"Tsuchiya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Pharmacy, Showa Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo 194-8543, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Yoshihiro","family":"Inoue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Pharmacy, Showa Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo 194-8543, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"formal-analysis","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-original-draft","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"project-administration","vocabulary":"credit"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"99","DOI":"10.1002\/ffj.1325","article-title":"Coffee flavour: An overview","volume":"19","author":"Buffo","year":"2004","journal-title":"Flavour Fragr. 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