Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
A technique called neuromarketing is increasingly being used by political campaigns around the world to enable them to target voters with precision.
Instead of traditional focus groups, researchers gather physical data like facial expressions, brain activity and physiological changes to create marketing materials precisely crafted to individual voters' interests and preferences.
Neuromarketing is currrently being used in political campaigns in Mexico, Turkey, Poland and Colombia, among others.
But its use is limited in the US... For now.
Kevin Randall from the New York Times explained its growing use to A Martinez.
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