what neuroscience really tells us about the puzzle of the brain and the brand /
First Statement of Responsibility
Erik du Plessis
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Philadelphia :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Kogan Page,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvii, 251 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-246) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
pt. 1. What it is all about -- This book is about the consumer's brain -- The new paradigm -- The brain : the coming together of disciplines -- pt. 2. The decision-making puzzle -- Interpretation, memory, experience, learning -- Introducing the rat brain robot -- Feeling -- The 'feeling' brain systems and how they work -- The environmental awareness system: emotions? -- The 'state of body' system: homeostasis? -- The 'state of mind' system, or moods and arousal -- The evaluation system: pleasure -- Personality -- Social systems and culture -- Gender differences? -- Let's put it all together -- Measuring the brain -- Increasing our brainpower : using neuroscience effectively -- pt. 3. Creating mischief -- On creating mischief -- Buy--ology -- The elusive subconscious? -- pt. 4. Towards insights -- Read Montague's Pepsi Challenge -- Science: models and measurements -- pt. 5. Some marketing implications -- Attention -- The brand soma -- Consumer decision making as heuristics -- Market segmentation -- Advertising budget, brand life cycle, synapses and brand soma -- pt. 6. My conclusions -- What this was all about -- Is the future what it was?