While just about every educator would agree that highly engaged students learn more than bored, distracted students, there's been little effort to measure engagement. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has begun to change that with a…

One of the common questions I'm asked at conferences and by reporters is whether neuromarketing techniques are ethical, or whether they are just one more way to manipulate consumers into buying stuff they don't need. My response to this is…

Neuromarketing firm Buyology is out with their updated list of most desirable brands in the U.S. The list has some expected names and a few surprises:

Want to win a signed copy of my new book, Brainfluence: 100 Ways to Persuade and Convince Consumers with Neuromarketing? I thought we could have a little fun while we're waiting for the results of the Super Bowl neuromarketing studies to…

I've been hearing the invented word "brandwashing" for years now, but this combination of "branding" and "brainwashing" received new exposure when the New York Times suggested it as a synonym for neuromarketing.

Brain scans using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) don't always get a lot of respect. They have been accused of being used to produce research that is colorful but not particularly insightful. One study used fMRI to find…

What makes an engaging television commercial? If you think visual and auditory appeal - action, sound, music, people, color, etc. - you would usually be correct. Ditto for high production values. An exotic location might help, too.…

The recent Creative Arts Emmy Award result had an interesting neuromarketing tie-in: Super Bowl commercials found to be emotionally engaging using EEG and biometric measures fared unusually well in the Emmy award competition:

Mega-sporting events are always mega-advertising events, and the cost to become a sponsor or advertiser is a huge commitment of corporate dollars. The inevitable question that arises after the event is, "Was it worth it?" NeuroFocus, a…