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Marketing to Your Brain

Marketing to Your Brain

Experts from Brain Games explain how advertising and marketing tactics take advantage of how your brain works.

Grades

5 - 12+

Subjects

Biology

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National Geographic Channel

Priming is a phenomenon that works as a simple persuasion technique. Primes are subtle cues that influence peoples' subconscious attitudes and responses. As a result, primes influence decision-making. By directly influencing peoples' subconscious thoughts, priming influences peoples' decisions without their even realizing.

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Producer
Samantha Zuhlke, National Geographic Society
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Last Updated

October 19, 2023

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