Neuroscience Research

Diversified marketing firm One to One Interactive announced a new neuromarketing division called OTOinsights. This business unit will focus on the emerging discipline of neuromarketing and will offer a collection of both primary and…

People who think of Microsoft as a tech-age Big Brother probably won't be comforted by the software giant's effort to read your mind. Actually, their intentions are benign... they want to create thought-driven inputs that bypass joysticks…

I've been waiting for the first news of neuromarketing in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, and it has arrived a full year before the election itself. The first few conclusions seem so obvious as to not require firing up a…

There's more proof that the hormone oxytocin is an important factor in our social behavior. Previously, the brain chemical was shown to be associated with trust (see Building Trust: Chemical Neuromarketing). Now, researcher Paul Zak, a…

This seems too odd to be true, but researchers at Yale and UCSD have found statistically significant differences in outcomes for individuals with names that start with different letters. Students whose names start with A or B earn higher…

One of the keys to the phenomenal success of Starbucks has been that its stores offer a consistent and appealing sensory experience. The music, colors, and lighting are all important, but clearly the wonderful coffee aroma is what…

Which is scarier - undergoing a potentially fatal surgical procedure that has a 95% survival rate, or one that causes death in 1 out of 20 patients? If you are like most people, you would find the latter statistic far more worrisome, even…

What's the first thing a manager teaches a new retail or food service employee? Maybe "Don't steal the cash!" is first, but right after that is, "Smile at the customer!" It turns out that this is probably even better advice than one…

Science Magazine has blessed neuromarketing and neuroeconomics by citing them as "interesting niche areas" in neuroscience research. Emma Hitt's article notes, "The subject areas that qualify as neuroscience are as far-reaching and as…

We are subjected to a constant stream of branding messages - company logos, brand emblems, and even distinctive designs are, quite literally, everywhere. In addition to conventional advertising media, it seems that just about every item…