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Behavioral Insights Academy Segments are Convenient. They're Also Wrong.

How neuroscience exposes the limits of demographic thinking in advertising.

Thomas Ramsøy

CEO & Chief Science Officer at Neurons

April 17, 2026

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Focus on APAC The Growing Need for Mystery Shopping

AI, neuroscience, and design innovation are transforming mystery shopping from basic audits into predictive tools for real-world customer experience i...

Ruth Stanat

CEO at SIS International Research

May 28, 2025

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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 Ramsøy

CEO & Chief Science Officer at Neurons

May 17, 2024

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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 Ramsøy

CEO & Chief Science Officer at Neurons

August 18, 2023

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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

President at Alpha-Diver

August 11, 2023

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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

Chief Innovation Officer at Forethought

July 27, 2023

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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

Chief Strategy Officer at Alter Agents

May 31, 2023

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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

Chief Innovation Officer at Forethought

March 24, 2023

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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

Chief Programming Officer at Greenbook

March 21, 2023

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Data Quality, Privacy, and Ethics 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

President at Alpha-Diver

November 3, 2022

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The Greenbook Podcast

Pioneering Applications for Neuroscience

Leonard Murphy

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

October 6, 2022

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

The phenomenon of ’90s nostalgia viewed through neuroscience.

Mary Mathes

Director of Data Insights at Alpha-Diver

May 4, 2022

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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

President at Alpha-Diver

January 21, 2022

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

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

Gregg Archibald

Managing Partner at Gen2 Advisors

July 28, 2021

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Behavioral Science Eye Tracking Research is for Everyone!

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

Mike Bartels

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

May 17, 2021

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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

Chief Strategy Officer at Alter Agents

April 19, 2021

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Behavioral Science 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

Head of Insights at Olson Zaltman

February 16, 2021

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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

Chief Innovation Officer at Forethought

February 11, 2021

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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

Chief Innovation Officer at Forethought

November 18, 2020

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Behavioral Science Applied Neuroscience Outpaces the Growth Rate of the Industry by 3x

The growing presence of neuroscience in market research.

Dr. Aaron

Founder & CEO at Sentient Decision Science

March 2, 2020

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

Using neuroscience for insights into socially-charged advertising messaging.

Nikki Westoby

January 23, 2019

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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

Business Strategist at BEESY

January 2, 2019

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

Consumer neuroscience proving worthy for deeper insights and greater ROI

Dr. Carl

Chief Neuroscientist at Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience

August 8, 2018

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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

October 26, 2017

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CEO Series Neuroscience and Marketing

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

Kevin Gray

President at Cannon Gray

February 23, 2017

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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

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

January 4, 2017

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Behavioral Science 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

Senior Manager - Client Neuroscience Services at Merchant Mechanics Inc

December 2, 2016

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Research Methodologies Expressing Doubts About Neuroscience

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

Steve Needel,

August 8, 2016

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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

Chief Executive Officer at Neurons Inc

August 5, 2016

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Behavioral Science 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

Chief Executive Officer - Neuro & Behavior Science at Ipsos

February 12, 2016

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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

June 19, 2015

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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

Chief Researcher at Kantar TNS

May 21, 2015

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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

President at Cannon Gray

February 23, 2015

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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

January 27, 2015

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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

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

January 8, 2015

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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

December 8, 2014

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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

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

November 14, 2014

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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

Chief Executive Officer at Neurons Inc

September 10, 2014

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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

August 12, 2014

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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

Client Account Analytics Director at Optimization Group

June 17, 2014

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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

June 6, 2014

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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

Managing Director at The Future Place

February 22, 2014

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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

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

February 9, 2014

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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

December 19, 2013

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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

October 31, 2013

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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

October 14, 2013

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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

Managing Partner at Gordon & McCallum

September 5, 2013

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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

Managing Director at The Future Place

September 3, 2013

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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

Director Global Marketing at Happy Thinking People

July 15, 2013

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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

Chief Executive Officer at Neurons Inc

July 11, 2013

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