Neuromarketing

Is it better to know your stuff, or act like you do? If you are in the business of convincing other people, whether as a consultant, salesperson, team member, or almost any other position that requires others to believe you, it pays to be…

Vision is vision, right? Maybe not. New research at the University of Toronto shows that what we see is actually affected by our mood:

From both physicians and fitness gurus, the mantra for effective weight loss is the same: diet and exercise. And we've all had friends who gushed about starting a modest walking program, for example, and saw themselves drop unwanted…

Since it was announced that GM was selling the HUMMER brand to Chinese firm Tengzhong, I've followed the commentary on Twitter (I'm @rogerdooley) with interest. There were a few surprises. One was that there are a lot of mindless HUMMER…

One of the more startling conclusions in Martin Lindstrom's Buyology was that tobacco warning labels might really be ads. Specifically, Lindstrom described the results of fMRI brain scan research that showed images associated with smoking…

When I want to solve a problem or come up with a creative idea, I usually sit down and think about it. This could be the wrong strategy, according to University of British Columbia psychology professor Kalina Christoff. The UBC prof is an…

It's always fun when two of my interests, neuromarketing and SEO (search engine optimization), intersect, and a new study from One to One Interactive's OTOInsights has brought the disparate fields together with a new study, Implications of…

One problem I have with conventional market research is that people aren't very good at predicting their own behavior (or explaining their past behavior). While market researchers can be reasonably accurate in collecting factual data,…

My 2005 post, Neuroarchitecture Next Buzzword, was more premature than prescient. In the ensuing years, the idea that neuroscience had anything to offer architects received little public attention. Now, however, the field is again in the…

It's no big surprise that our brains can process odors without the intervention of our conscious minds, but a study published earlier this year showed just how sophisticated that process can be. Specifically, brain scans showed that…