self control

This week's roundup has a distinctly Austin flavor - we didn't plan it that way, but brainy marketers are as much a part of the Austin scene as brisket and live music!

Your brain gets tired, and one fatiguing activity is making choices. Various studies show that as people make more decisions, their subsequent decisions are rushed or they don't decide at all. One study, by Ned Augenblick and Scott…

Imagine two restaurants, one of which sold only french fries as a side dish and another that sold both french fries and salads. Which would sell more fries? While logic might suggest that the salad would poach some of the side dish…

One of the enduring fictions of neuromarketing is that there is a "buy button" in the brain. Marketers salivate at the thought, and consumer groups fear it. (Some might say that marketers have been pushing that button with seductive…