Archive: neuroscience

Nudge Wisely: Predictive AI for Precision Impact
Behavioral Insights Academy

Nudge Wisely: Predictive AI for Precision Impact

Discover the art of behavioral science strategies that aim to influence consumer behavior. Learn how even the most well-crafted nudges can be overlook...

Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy

Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy

Founder/CEO/Chief AI Officer

4 Ways to Kill Your Brand (And How Neuroscience Can Avoid It)
Behavioral Insights Academy

4 Ways to Kill Your Brand (And How Neuroscience Can Avoid It)

In the high-stakes world of marketing, understanding your consumers is paramount. But what if I told you that some of the most common marketing strate...

Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy

Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy

Founder/CEO/Chief AI Officer

Decoding Cultural Zeitgeist in 3 Simple Steps
Behavioral Insights Academy

Decoding Cultural Zeitgeist in 3 Simple Steps

Picture a group of young children. As they start in life and through their early years, they assimilate. They strive to talk, act, and socialize like ...

Hunter Thurman

Hunter Thurman

President at Alpha-Diver

Can’t keep my eyes off you: ATTENTION! Part Two
Gain & Retain®

Can’t keep my eyes off you: ATTENTION! Part Two

Part One of this article addressed attention as it relates to the visual processing of marketing communications.  Different kinds of visual attention ...

Ken Roberts

Ken Roberts

Chief Innovation Officer at Forethought

Moving Away from a Narcissistic Market Research Model
Research Methodologies

Moving Away from a Narcissistic Market Research Model

Why are we still measuring brand loyalty? It isn’t something that naturally comes up with consumers, who rarely think about brand first, if at all. Ma...

Devora Rogers

Devora Rogers

Chief Strategy Officer at Alter Agents

Emotion: the Mandatory of Marketing – Part Two: Measurement
Gain & Retain®

Emotion: the Mandatory of Marketing – Part Two: Measurement

First, a quick recap of Part One that focused on behavior. Emotion in marketing communication is pretty much universally regarded as a good thing.  Th...

Ken Roberts

Ken Roberts

Chief Innovation Officer at Forethought

Kendall Rynders, Head of Consulting, 2023 Future List Spotlight
Future List Honorees

Kendall Rynders, Head of Consulting, 2023 Future List Spotlight

Editor’s Note: The following interview features a Greenbook Future List honoree, Kendall Rynders. The Greenbook Future List recognizes leadership, pro...

Karen Lynch

Karen Lynch

Head of Content at Greenbook

Neuroscience in Market Research: Beyond the Hype

Neuroscience in Market Research: Beyond the Hype

In 2011, neuroscientist T. Sigi Hale PhD was principal researcher (known in academia as principal investigator) leading a National Institute of Health...

Hunter Thurman

Hunter Thurman

President at Alpha-Diver

Pioneering Applications for Neuroscience
Leonard Murphy

Leonard Murphy

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

What Goes Around Comes Around: the Neuroscience Behind ‘90s Nostalgia

What Goes Around Comes Around: the Neuroscience Behind ‘90s Nostalgia

The phenomenon of ’90s nostalgia viewed through neuroscience.

Mary Mathes

Mary Mathes

Director of Data Insights at Alpha-Diver

Still Crazy After All These Years: Neuroscience, Cultural Cycles, and 2022
Consumer Behavior

Still Crazy After All These Years: Neuroscience, Cultural Cycles, and 2022

How the recent chaotic years are part of a recurring cultural pattern.

Hunter Thurman

Hunter Thurman

President at Alpha-Diver

Getting It Right with Hunter Thurman of Alpha-Diver
Behavioral Science

Getting It Right with Hunter Thurman of Alpha-Diver

The model-based approach helps to understand drivers of human behavior.

Gregg Archibald

Gregg Archibald

Managing Partner at Gen2 Advisors

Eye Tracking Research is for Everyone!
Behavioral Science

Eye Tracking Research is for Everyone!

Innovations in hardware, software, and methodology have democratized eye tracking research for all.

Mike Bartels

Mike Bartels

Director of Marketing Research and User Experience at Tobii Pro North America

Complex Brand Questions Require Multi-Modal Market Research Approaches
Research Methodologies

Complex Brand Questions Require Multi-Modal Market Research Approaches

How Activision Blizzard used a neuroscience-based multi-modal approach to create a 360-degree picture of the evolving mindset of the esports audience ...

Devora Rogers

Devora Rogers

Chief Strategy Officer at Alter Agents

How COVID Has Molded Consumers’ Memories

How COVID Has Molded Consumers’ Memories

Memory is fragile and flexible, which presents challenges for consumer researchers, but also great opportunities for marketers.

James Forr

James Forr

Head of Insights at Olson Zaltman

Two Faces Have I – One to Show, One to Hide
Gain & Retain®

Two Faces Have I – One to Show, One to Hide

There is minimal scientific evidence to support the most applied measure of emotion as a predictor of market performance.

Ken Roberts

Ken Roberts

Chief Innovation Officer at Forethought

Is Organic Web Traffic a Predictor of Brand Choice? – A Closer Look at Les Binet’s “New Way”
Gain & Retain®

Is Organic Web Traffic a Predictor of Brand Choice? – A Closer Look at Les Binet’s “New Way”

Is Les Binet correct? Is organic search the one metric to use when tracking brand health?

Ken Roberts

Ken Roberts

Chief Innovation Officer at Forethought

Applied Neuroscience Outpaces the Growth Rate of the Industry by 3x
Dr. Aaron

Dr. Aaron

Founder & CEO at Sentient Decision Science

Taking a Stand: The Value of Neuroscience in Socially-Charged Advertising
Brand Strategy

Taking a Stand: The Value of Neuroscience in Socially-Charged Advertising

Using neuroscience for insights into socially-charged advertising messaging.

Nikki Westoby

Nikki Westoby

Offloading Cognition: The New Behavioral Science Approach to Winning Customers
Research Technology (ResTech)

Offloading Cognition: The New Behavioral Science Approach to Winning Customers

How ‘cognitive offloading’ impacts the way your customers make choices

Jason Martuscello

Jason Martuscello

Business Strategist at BEESY

Deeper Insights, ROI and the Future of Consumer Neuroscience
Research Methodologies

Deeper Insights, ROI and the Future of Consumer Neuroscience

Consumer neuroscience proving worthy for deeper insights and greater ROI

Dr. Carl

Dr. Carl

Chief Neuroscientist at Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience

Mind Blowing Facts From The “New Sciences” That Will Change The Way You Work
Insights Industry News

Mind Blowing Facts From The “New Sciences” That Will Change The Way You Work

Find out how personal well being impacts not only your health, but your company’s work culture.

Sharon Keating

Sharon Keating

Neuroscience and Marketing
CEO Series

Neuroscience and Marketing

An interview with Professor Nicole Lazar on neuroscience and its role in market research.

Kevin Gray

Kevin Gray

President at Cannon Gray

My Adventures in Neuroscience Part 3: Answers!
Insights Industry News

My Adventures in Neuroscience Part 3: Answers!

Lenny Murphy’s medical odyssey ends with a diagnosis and a crash course in mitochondria function and the wonders of CoQ10!

Leonard Murphy

Leonard Murphy

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

The IIeX Nonconscious Forum 2016: Politics, Emotion, and Technology

The IIeX Nonconscious Forum 2016: Politics, Emotion, and Technology

The IIeX Nonconscious Forum event was a 2-day exploration of implicit measures and behavioral economics in the Consumer Neuroscience space.

Ken Raj

Ken Raj

Senior Manager - Client Neuroscience Services at Merchant Mechanics Inc

Expressing Doubts About Neuroscience
Research Methodologies

Expressing Doubts About Neuroscience

Recent findings have created serious doubts and cast aspersions on neuroscience.

Steve Needel,

Steve Needel,

The Restless Resting State, and Why Brain Scanning is Still Valid
Research Technology (ResTech)

The Restless Resting State, and Why Brain Scanning is Still Valid

Is brain scanning data invalid? Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy shares some perspective on the intended killing of fMRI.

Thomas Zoëga

Thomas Zoëga

Chief Executive Officer at Neurons Inc

Clearing the Misconceptions About Neuroscience

Clearing the Misconceptions About Neuroscience

As an advocate and practitioner of applied neuroscience, I want to address some misunderstandings of what consumer neuroscience is.

Elissa Moses

Elissa Moses

Chief Executive Officer - Neuro & Behavior Science at Ipsos

Paradigm Shift: From recall to occurrence
Research Methodologies

Paradigm Shift: From recall to occurrence

Tim Rotolo discusses the challenges of recall-based feedback and the benefits of remote user testing.

Tim Rotolo

Tim Rotolo

How Brands Really Grow 3: Brands in the Brain
Insights Industry News

How Brands Really Grow 3: Brands in the Brain

Whether consciously or unconsciously, our brains are modified whenever information passes through them.

Jan Hofmeyr

Jan Hofmeyr

Chief Researcher at Kantar TNS

Separating Neuroscience from NeuroHype
Research Technology (ResTech)

Separating Neuroscience from NeuroHype

How do we, with respect to neuroscience, separate the wheat from the baloney? Here are several tips and resources.

Kevin Gray

Kevin Gray

President at Cannon Gray

Unconscious Processes that Produce Brand Recognition: The Physics Behind the Brand
Research Technology (ResTech)

Unconscious Processes that Produce Brand Recognition: The Physics Behind the Brand

Understanding how basic sensory information is transformed by the brain is critically important for structuring a marketing campaign.

Matthew Gerhold

Matthew Gerhold

Predictions for 2015 by Dave Sackman of LRW
CEO Series

Predictions for 2015 by Dave Sackman of LRW

At the midpoint of this decade, it’s a good time to look backward and forward to 2020. I see an exciting time for our industry.

Leonard Murphy

Leonard Murphy

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

Can Neuroscience Save the Market Research Industry?
Research Technology (ResTech)

Can Neuroscience Save the Market Research Industry?

We are on the cusp of cracking the unconscious, and accelerating market research into a new dawn of innovation, creativity, and relevance.

Allan Fromen

Allan Fromen

Michelle Adams’ 2 Minute Review of NIMF (Nonconscious Impact Measurement Forum)
Research Methodologies

Michelle Adams’ 2 Minute Review of NIMF (Nonconscious Impact Measurement Forum)

Michelle Adams of Marketing Brainology gives a great summary of the recent Nonconscious Impact Measurement Forum.

Leonard Murphy

Leonard Murphy

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

Brain Scans, Cultural Popularity And Sample Sizes
Research Methodologies

Brain Scans, Cultural Popularity And Sample Sizes

A new study demonstrates how a small sample of brain scanned participants can predict popularity at the cultural level.

Thomas Zoëga

Thomas Zoëga

Chief Executive Officer at Neurons Inc

Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy’s Introduction to Neuromarketing and Consumer Neuroscience
Research Methodologies

Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy’s Introduction to Neuromarketing and Consumer Neuroscience

An Introduction to Neuromarketing and Consumer Neuroscience – the most thorough, yet accessible, introduction to the field yet written.

Steve Genco

Steve Genco

Day One at IIeX NA 2014: Virtual Reality, Mexican Food and More

Day One at IIeX NA 2014: Virtual Reality, Mexican Food and More

Day 1 at IIeX NA was packed full of research goodness, from the exceptional speakers to the wide diversity of research minds in attendance.

Isaiah Adams

Isaiah Adams

Client Account Analytics Director at Optimization Group

The Newest Research Technologies Need Solid, Traditional Thinking Toward Their Use
Research Technology (ResTech)

The Newest Research Technologies Need Solid, Traditional Thinking Toward Their Use

New techniques tempt us to use them, and in so doing invite the purpose-process disconnect. Let’s take the time to choose them correctly.

Paul Conner

Paul Conner

Key Learnings From IIeX Europe
CEO Series

Key Learnings From IIeX Europe

Ray Poynter offers a review of the inaugural #IIeX Europe event and how the conference series will fit in with other industry conferences.

Ray Poynter

Ray Poynter

Managing Director at The Future Place

My Adventures In Neuroscience: Part 2

My Adventures In Neuroscience: Part 2

Last year I posted about my very personal adventures with neuroscience. Here is a brief update for those interested.

Leonard Murphy

Leonard Murphy

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

Can Neuromarketing Get Its Groove Back? Part 2
Research Technology (ResTech)

Can Neuromarketing Get Its Groove Back? Part 2

Here are four strategies neuromarketing needs to pursue to win over the huge market of still skeptical mainstream research buyers.

Steve Genco

Steve Genco

Beware The Brain-Science Backlash
Research Technology (ResTech)

Beware The Brain-Science Backlash

There is considerable backlash towards neuroscience. However, neuroscience will point the way to greater self-knowledge for the human race.

Dr. David

Dr. David

Do People Connect With Brands At An Emotional Level?
Insights Industry News

Do People Connect With Brands At An Emotional Level?

Emotional engagement with brands is much less prevalent than many marketers assume.

Neal Cole

Neal Cole

Facial Imaging: The “Big-Data” Solution for Emotion Research?
Research Technology (ResTech)

Facial Imaging: The “Big-Data” Solution for Emotion Research?

The really big news is not so much how well facial imaging measures emotion, but how many people and how much emotion can be measured.

Alastair Gordon

Alastair Gordon

Managing Partner at Gordon & McCallum

A Patch, A Niche, A Disruptor & Something Over The Horizon
Research Methodologies

A Patch, A Niche, A Disruptor & Something Over The Horizon

In a new white paper posted on VCU, Ray Poynter looks at key disruptors for the MR industry.

Ray Poynter

Ray Poynter

Managing Director at The Future Place

Is The Term “New MR” Still Meaningful?
Insights Industry News

Is The Term “New MR” Still Meaningful?

Has the term “New MR” effectively lost its meaning as New MR practices seem to have become firmly part of the mainstream?

Edward Appleton

Edward Appleton

Director Global Marketing at Happy Thinking People

Big Data, Neuroscience and, Yes, Dead Salmons
Research Methodologies

Big Data, Neuroscience and, Yes, Dead Salmons

Researchers reported that they could find brain activation during interspecies social interaction – in a dead salmon.

Thomas Zoëga

Thomas Zoëga

Chief Executive Officer at Neurons Inc

Neuroscience Doesn’t Have To Be That Complicated!
Consumer Behavior

Neuroscience Doesn’t Have To Be That Complicated!

What we need is a common language that provide actionable insights, but without a need for a PhD in neuroscience to make sense of it.

Thomas Zoëga

Thomas Zoëga

Chief Executive Officer at Neurons Inc

The Research rEvolution Starts In Philadelphia

The Research rEvolution Starts In Philadelphia

What’s the Insight Innovation eXchange platform you ask? Here’s a slideshare embed that will tell you all about it!

Leonard Murphy

Leonard Murphy

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook