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Affectiva, a Smart Eye company, announced a new attention metric in its cloud-based Emotion AI offering. This metric, bolstered by Smart Eye's advanced automotive safety-grade eye tracking technology, represents a significant leap in viewer attention measurement for brands, advertisers, entertainment companies, and their market researchers. The measurement analyzes gaze and head position, delivering unparalleled accuracy and insights.

From plant-based burgers to paper straws, environmental initiatives are expanding to meet the demands of the conscious consumer. Indirect suggestions known as behavioral nudges emphasize positive characteristics, such as eco-friendliness, to impact the decision-making process. Yet, do consumers prioritize environmental incentives enough to break pre-existing routines? How can marketers encourage consumers to value eco-efficient products? Exploring the gap between what consumers say and do may provide some context into the intentionality behind the shopping experience and reveal if marketers are polluting or promoting a greener lifestyle.

Over recent years, like all global car brands, Honda has been experiencing market pressures and a rapidly and profoundly changing business and marketing environment. One of the challenges is adapting to the decline of the physical garage showroom and the evolution of its “virtual”, online equivalent.

Branded entertainment, branded content, brand integrations, product placements. Sponsored posts, experiences, advertorials. There are many terms to describe the increased blending of advertising and entertainment. This explosion of interest and popularity has led many advertisers to call for a better understanding of performance. The research and measurement industry has answered the call in a number of ways.

In this issue of Insights Magazine, we aim to explore the multifaceted realm of in-store communication through the lens of neuroscience. We seek to unravel the subconscious influences that shape consumer perceptions, emotions, and purchasing decisions within a retail environment. 

Welcome to the grand stage of the 11th Neuromarketing World Forum 2024, a saga where science meets storytelling, data meets emotions, and consumers say, "Look at Me". As we unfurl the screen, our grand narrative will revolve around this powerful theme, in the epic backdrop of Hollywood, the land of dreams and egos.

Opening a small store, in the city center, IKEA Paris could not hold everything a typical IKEA store has to offer. It used brain-pleasing marketing methods and created a new retail concept. Here's how.

Neuroscience has identified the core drivers of consumer behavior. The challenge for marketing is to make these insights actionable in day to day marketing. Using an FMCG case study, this paper introduces a systematic approach that leverages neuroscience insights to uncover the why of brand choice, helping to evaluate communication at touchpoints and maximize marketing effectiveness in driving fit to brand and sales.

The main drivers and effects of digital and TV were blurred in the minds of brands. In order to shed a light on marketers’ questions, ThinkNeuro designed a research study. The main purpose was to understand when to use which communication media, the reasons for that choice and the potential different perceptions and unconscious reactions towards different screens. The research aimed to find common unconscious patterns behind the ads hitting YouTube Ads Leaderboard

This position will offer a dynamic and interdisciplinary research experience, combining multimodal research techniques using fMRI, eye tracking, and biometrics (heart rate, skin conductance). Primary duties entail scheduling and overseeing data collection and analysis in different neurophysiological methodologies. The coordinator will also assist in the upkeep and maintenance of the various research equipment at the center. Other responsibilities include preparation and submission of human subject protocols and progress reports, data entry, and basic data analysis.   

Many organizations are faced with the downside of hybrid working: all that working from home means employees feel less connected to their employer. Recruitment company Robert Walters has developed an innovative solution to this problem: the world’s first office interior design based on neuroscience.

GlassView invests strategically in brain health startup Cogwear to advance a new neuromarketing headband. The patent-pending device, designed to look and feel like a comfortable athletic headband, senses emotions and other physiological feedback directly from the brain in real-time. It can gauge audience affinity for products and brands shown in digital video advertisements so that advertisers can optimize creative content.

If you ask several Corporate Marketing Officers to define purpose-driven marketing precisely, you will probably get a different answer from each of them. The term is widely used, but the meaning is not always the same. What is ‘purpose’ in a business context?

Neuromarketing and neuroanalytics company Neuro-Insight has restructured its team, promoting GM of NewZealand Brian Hill to General Manager of APAC and moving APAC CEO Peter Pynta to Chief Commercial Officer. 

The neuromarketing book section has been updated with new and interesting reads and book reviews.

Smartphones and the internet are fundamentally disrupting many industries like art museums, resulting in declining attendance and membership. To take visitor experience to the next level, they are relying on neuroscience.

More than ever, consumers are looking to purchase from brands that align with their own values, in both message and deed. 64% of consumers around the world are “belief-driven” buyers, suggesting that consumers are willing to pay for brands committed to social change or who take a stand on important issues. This article gives shows how two brands have navigated the challenges that come with taking a stand as a brand, using neuroscience insights.

Neuroscience has opened up a new world of opportunity when it comes to analyzing marketing effectiveness, particularly when it comes to the context in which content is consumed.

People are not always consciously aware of their goal, and need to rely on nonconscious processes to help them make the right choice consistently. This study shows how to nudge people in the right direction.