Author Archive
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Helping Others Makes You Hot!
Altruism in humans is difficult to explain with traditional models of behavior, which have focused on competition between individuals for mates, scarce resources, etc. It’s undeniable, though, that being willing to help unrelated individuals is a common (though not universal) trait. In past Neuromarketing posts Taxes Aren’t Painful and The Joy of Giving […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Neuromarketing, Neuroscience Research by Roger Dooley
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Buyology Roundup
Both the traditional press and bloggers have jumped on Martin Lindstom’s Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy. The opinons range from fascinated to horrified, and dismissive to enthusiastic. We learned that the scheduled 60 Minutes segment on Buyology was cancelled in favor of covering the global economic meltdown, but the mere […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Neuromarketing, Neuroscience and Marketing Books by Roger Dooley
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Now Google Wants Our Brains
Those of us in the web marketing and search arena both love and fear Google. Google, directly or indirectly, makes us money and can send our sites millions of visitors; on the other hand, Google knows a LOT about us. Their Toolbar, Analytics, Adsense, Gmail, and, of course, Search are all happily gathering […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Neuromarketing, Neuroscience Research by Roger Dooley
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Are Tobacco Warnings Really Ads?
One of the startling conclusions from the neuromarketing study described by Martin Lindstrom in Buyology is that not only are the government-mandated warnings on tobacco packages ineffective, but they actually promote smoking behavior by activating the brain’s nucleus accumbens, an area associated with cravings. This counterintuitive finding was a highlight of Lindstrom’s Today Show […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Neuromarketing, Neuroscience Research, Branding by Roger Dooley
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Mirrors and Images
One of my most-read posts has been Reflecting on the Mirror, and both Neuromarketing readers and I have been, well, reflecting…
Are we our avatars? Reader Jason Sparks raised the question, “Is there any correlation to seeing oneself and our behavior in social media? Most social sites allow for an avatar or user images […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Neuromarketing by Roger Dooley
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Neuromarketing on NBC Today Show
Martin Lindstrom got a great plug for his new book, Buyology, in an interview on NBC’s Today Show. The piece may have been a bit superficial, and the host referred to fMRI when the particular study in question was performed using EEG caps, but overall I think the exposure for the concept of neuromarketing […]
No Comments » - Posted in Neuromarketing, Neuroscience and Marketing Books by Roger Dooley
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Buyology by Martin Lindstrom
Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy
Buyology by Martin Lindstrom is a compulsively readable (at least for marketers) account of a research project that spanned three years and cost $7 million. Lindstrom’s team used both fMRI and EEG technologies to study what was really going on in the brains of consumers as they […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Neuromarketing, Neuroscience Research, Neuroscience and Marketing Books by Roger Dooley
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
Buyology: Prime Time Neuromarketing
According to author, brand guru, and Neuromarketing reader Martin Lindstrom, the CBS news show 60 Minutes will air an exclusive interview on tonight’s show in which he will reveal some of the startling findings in his new book Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy. However, the current lineup shown on the […]
No Comments » - Posted in Neuromarketing, Neuroscience Research, Neuroscience and Marketing Books by Roger Dooley
Monday, October 13th, 2008
Product Contagion in Action
I’ve been traveling quite a bit recently (which explains the lower rate of Neuromarketing posts), and at a recent stay at a Jameson Inn in Indiana, I encountered the above product arrangement on the shelf of their little convenience shop next to the check-in desk. While most of the studies have looked at the […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Neuromarketing by Roger Dooley
Monday, October 6th, 2008
Reflecting on the Mirror
Here’s a prediction: in the coming years, we’ll see mirrors popping up in the entryways of churches and other places of worship. And the reason won’t be to let those entering fix their hair. As we’ll see, the mirror has a rather magical effect on us.
For years, motivation experts have told their audiences […]
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