GRANT
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ISSN 1805-062X, 1805-0638 (online), ETTN 072-11-00002-09-4
EUROPEAN GRANT PROJECTS | RESULTS | RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT | SCIENCE
The effect of sensory marketing from the perspective of neuromarketing
Pavel Rosenlacher
Jaromír Tichý
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1
University of Finance and Administration; Estonská 500, 101 00 Praha 10, Czech Republic; pavel.rosenlacher@vsfs.cz
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University of Finance and Administration; Estonská 500, 101 00 Praha 10, Czech Republic; jaromir.tichy@vsfs.cz
Grant: 7429/2020/05
Name of the Grant: Processing of visual stimuli by the consumer from the point of view of the eye tracking method
Subject: AN - Psychologie
© GRANT Journal, MAGNANIMITAS Assn.
Abstract The aim of the survey was to find out by which sensory
organ the most emotional reactions are evoked within the subjective
evaluation of the product. The set goal was fulfilled by
neuromarketing research with the help of several biomedical
methods. This involved monitoring of brain activity using EEG, by
which not only the emotional response was determined, but also the
degree of attention that the respondent paid to the tested product. In
addition to the EEG method, the respondents were monitored for
skin surface temperature, cardiac activity – blood volume pulse
(BVP) and galvanic skin resistance (GSR). The research also
included a questionnaire survey, where respondents assessed using a
numerical scale to what extent the tested product emotionally
appealed to them. The neuromarketing data showed that the
emotional reactions to the tested product were manifested by the
visual and olfactory effects of the product. However, in the
subsequent questionnaire evaluation after the end of data collection,
the respondents perceived the tested product most emotionally
through sight, smell and touch.
Key words Marketing, neuromarketing, sensory marketing, eye
tracking, marketing communication
1.
INTRODUCTION
In today's highly competitive marketing environment, it is very
important for companies to be able to engage customers with their
product and better understand their customers' needs. Based on this,
there is an interest in combining cognitive neuroscience methods
and consumer behaviour research (GOTO et al, 2019). It is possible
to use neuromarketing as one of the relatively newer approaches.
There is more talk about neuromarketing starting already in 2002
(MORIN, 2011), although some sources indicate the origin of the
word neuromarketing in the 90s (GURGU, 2020). Basically,
neuromarketing connects psychology, neuroscience and marketing
(KHUSHABA, 2013). Neuromarketing „uses investigation of brain
imaging and clinical psychology to discover what people think and
feel when they look at prints, are exposed to messages from
different brands, watch TV, shop, and browse internet, play video
games or are trained in various activities“ (GURGU, 2020). Heart
Rate (HR), electroencephalography (EEG), galvanic skin response
(GSR) or Eye Tracking (NILASHI, 2020, Decision to Adopt
Neuromarketing Techniques for Sustainable Product Marketing) are
very often used as research methods in neuromarketing. Many of
these methods therefore have their origins in medicine
(ZURAWICKI, 2011). Thanks to these methods, neuromarketing
research can be used to monitor brain activity in situations such as
the purchasing decision-making process, the evaluation of variants
or the selection of variants (CHRISTIANSEN, 2016). Firms and
marketers thus obtain much more objective data compared to
classical marketing research on consumer psychological reactions
(FORD, 2019).
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MATERIALS AND METHODS
In As part of the neuromarketing survey itself, the sensory effect of
the selected product on the respondents and their overall evaluation
of the product were tested using selected neuroscience methods.
The product that served as a stimulus in the neuromarketing survey
itself was warm, freshly brewed fruit tea, a product that is not
expected to be never drunk by respondents and may be preferred
regardless of the respondent's gender. The choice of tea was subject
to several criteria. The first of the criteria was the colour of the tea,
which must have been attractive and rich at first glance. Therefore,
green and citrus teas, which have a faint colour, were discarded.
Fruit teas that contain brightly coloured fruits were chosen, such as
strawberries and raspberries, because they often have a rich and
distinctive red colour. Another criterion was the taste, which should
not be bitter, because it would narrow the circle of respondents who
would like the tea, and so another criterion was that the tea should
not contain rose hips. This might seem like a problem, as most teas,
especially cheaper ones, contain it. Once fruit tea was chosen, it also
had to taste fruity, and preferably like the fruit it contained. One of
the last criteria was the smell. It had to be nice, but not extra strong.
After analysing and evaluating these criteria, Dilmah raspberry tea
was chosen (Dilmah Gourmet Raspberry black raspberry tea,
composition: Ceylon black tea, raspberry aroma (3.8%), hygienic
packaging 2g, 3 - 5 Minutes, manufacturer: Dilmah Ceylon Tea
Company PLC, Sri Lanka). (DILMAH, 2020)
Given that this was an experimental survey, the sample of
respondents consisted of a total of 10 respondents, namely high
school students, of which 2 were boys and 8 girls. Students were
selected on the basis of purposeful selection, where the respondents
were selected by the authors of the study themselves. The addressed
students were students of high school focused on teaching
marketing. The students of this school were chosen mainly because
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