How to create better connections by understanding the brain

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Talk given by Dr Carl Marci, CEO and Founder of Innerscope, as well as a Harvard neuroscientist, about how to really understand brain science.

Transcript of How to create better connections by understanding the brain

Carl D. Marci, M.D., CEO, Chief Research Officer, Innerscope Research Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Chair, Endowment for the Advancement of Psychotherapy

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C. Marci, M.D. © 2013 Courtesy of the MIT Media Lab

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Hypothalamus

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Path to Peripheral Nervous System

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Definition of laugh episode: “Any highly stereotyped

utterance characterized by multiple forced, acoustically

symmetric, similar vowel-like notes separated by a

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Patient-Doctor Empathy

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EMPATHY

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Brain Response

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Engagement with Media

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EMOTION

Natural language definition:

“Engagement is attention to something that emotionally impacts you.”

Biological definition:

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Greater immersion leads to enhanced activity in the emotion and empathy-generating centers of the brain.

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Higher levels of flexibility in a platform allow a greater range of interactions

with and awareness of the outside world.

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Digital Native?

Millennials Gen X and Boomers

or Digital Immigrant ?

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• Heart Rate • Skin Conductance • Respiration • Motion

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Attention Emotion Time

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Native Immigrants

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Percentage of Time Spent with Media Throughout Non-Work Hours Source: Time Warner-Innerscope Research study presented at 2012 ARF Conference

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Average Number of Media Platform Switches Per Non-Working Hour

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Wider spans in between switching from single platform to multiplatform

Digital Immigrant - Isaac Digital Native - Nate

Shorter spans in between switching from single platform to multiplatform

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Emotional high

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Single-Platform Multi-Platform

Immigrants -35%

Natives -45%

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Easily bored Easily distracted Get nervous easily

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Easily bored Easily distracted Get nervous easily

Natives Immigrants

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Source: Time Warner-Innerscope Research study presented at 2012 ARF Conference

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“Someday, someday – but certainly not now – I’d like to learn how to have a conversation.”

A 16-year-old boy says…

The Flight From Conversation By SHERRY TURKLE, April 21, 2012

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• People spend lots of time with media • Natives spend more time with digital platforms • 65% take devices from room-to-room

• Natives: Almost nothing deserves their full attention • 27 switches per hour! (fluid, non-conscious) • Easily bored, easily distracted, more nervous • Comfortable with non-linear

• Emotional consequences • Natives use media to regulate mood • Shifting attention constrains emotional engagement

• Highs are not as high, lows are not as low • BUT - when you capture the undivided attention of a

Native there are big rewards

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• Get to the point quickly o Instant gratification, emotional intensity from the start

• Make it really easy to consume o Stories: snacking vs. three course meals o Multiple access points and multiple platforms, visual call-outs - allow

non-linear participation

• Put Emotion at the Center of Your Research o Engage with relevant stories, relatable characters, integrated up-beat

music, strong stories, surprising twists

• Increased Engagement = More Emotionally Relevant Messages

Assignment: • Identify a specific business challenge or problem you deal with

in your current role that keeps you up at night. Specifically, think about the challenges you face on a daily basis with your creative development, media planning, product development/innovation process, sales and marketing strategy, competitive advantage, or customer satisfaction.

• Considering what you learned today about the brain and

nonconscious emotions, how might you use emotion-based insight to think about your specific challenge or problem differently? Perhaps even solve for it?

Process:

– Break into small groups (5-10) – Each group member should share his/her particular

challenge with the group – Spend a few minutes brainstorming as a group about how

each member might use emotion-based insight to help solve their specific challenge

– Designate a group leader to share 1-2 of the group’s challenges/solutions with the broader audience

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