NEUROSCIENCE IN CONSUMER MARKETING RESEARCH : AN ANALYSIS DRAWN FROM THE EXAMPLES OF FOOD PRODUCTS

Abstract

This article aims to contribute to the discussion about the potential for the implementation of consumer neuroscience into marketing research. This article highlights three areas of consumer neuroscience: methods used by consumer neuroscience, the findings and their interpretations and the ethical aspects. The article has a partly descriptive character as the research area of neuroeconomics or consumer neuroscience is new. To illustrate the investigated problems the selected studies, especially connected with food products, were presented as a review of literature.