Archive | March, 2006

French Ads Target Brain Response

27. March 2006

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The latest ad campaign for a new telephone directory assistance service in France are, according to their creator, intended to take advantage of the way the brain responds to visual and other stimuli.

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The Neuro-acquittal of O. J. Simpson

22. March 2006

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Research on the neuroscience of political persuasion suggests that by turning the O. J. Simpson trial into a debate on racism, defense attorney Johnny Cochran may have allowed the jurors to process testimony in a partisan and emotional way, perhaps explaining how the mass of forensic evidence could have been so easily dismissed.

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Columbia Neuroscience Center Gets $200 Million Gift

21. March 2006

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Columbia University received the biggest gift in its history, a $200 million donation from Dawn Greene and the Jerome Greene Foundation to build a research center for brain studies.

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The Neuroscience of Political Marketing

17. March 2006

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Political marketing is all about persuasion, and brain scans show that some voter groups respond to new information with emotional rather than rational brain areas.

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Brains and BMW

10. March 2006

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BMW’s apparent investment in neuromarketing is attracting attention.

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Mind Reading Conference at Stanford

8. March 2006

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It’s short notice, but I just ran across the info at the Neuroethics & Law Blog. On Friday, March 10, 2006, Stanford University will host Reading Minds: Lie Detection, Neuroscience, Law, and Society. Here’s a brief summary:
A revolution in neuroscience has vastly expanded our understanding of the human brain and its operations. Our [...]

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Decision Making, Risk, and Ambiguity

6. March 2006

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Neuroscientists at Duke, using fMRI brain scans, have shown that different brain mechanisms are at work when people make decisions under risky or ambiguous conditions.

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More Scientific Marketing

1. March 2006

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Marketers are turning to a variety of techniques to evaluate advertising effectiveness, including Six Sigma statistical analysis previously used for manufacturing and service quality improvement.

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