Kevin SimpsonCPA Web Books · Founder at CPA Web Books

🧠The brain is fascinating! 🤯 #neuroscience #marketing

18 Apr 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker explains how the brain processes information through three key structures: the reticular formation, which filters incoming data and only lets through potential threats or opportunities; the amygdala, which triggers a heightened response to threats and also lights up when an opportunity is detected; and the prefrontal cortex, which evaluates opportunities and integrates input from the whole brain. The speaker then draws a marketing lesson from this neurobiology, urging marketers to create content that is different and unexpected, because such stimuli will capture attention by activating these brain pathways.

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This is your brain. This is your brain split in half. You have a reticular formation that prevents information from going into the brain unless if it's a threat, it will come through the reticular formation and go to the amygdala for hyper response. If it's an opportunity, it goes through, hits the amygdala and illuminates the prefrontal cortex so we can consider the opportunity. And if it's a different thing, it must be evaluated by all parts of the brain. The amygdala at the prefrontal cortex, the entire brain illuminates. The lesson for your marketing is this. Do something that's different and unexpected. People will always notice it.