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The Power of “New”

Marketers know there are potent words in advertising, like "Free" and "New." Neuroscientists have now determined that the appeal of "new" is hard-wired into our brains. Novelty activates our brain's reward center, which may have been an…

Marketing and the Placebo Effect

We all know what the placebo effect is - give a group of patients a sugar pill instead of a medication with active ingredients, and some of them will show an improvement in their symptoms. Drug researchers treat the placebo effect as an…

Marketing to the Infovore

While the term "infovore" has been kicking around for a while as a cute name for a consumer of information, the University of Southern California's Irving Biederman is using the term to describe humans exhibiting a more specific kind of…