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The Effects of Advertising on Cognitive Performance

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Advances in Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering (AHFE 2019)

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The market for beverages providing a cognitive boost is growing. Marketers often highlight the benefits of such drinks in their advertisements. Can such communications influence consumers’ actual cognitive performance? Our results of cognitive task battery in a controlled experiment show that consumers’ cognitive performance was negatively impacted in the presence of an advertisement communicating the benefits of a cognitive drink.

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Appendices

Appendix A: Example of Arithmetic Task

Appendix B: Example of Rapid Visual Processing (RVP) Task

Appendix C: Example of Stroop Task

Appendix D: Experiment Procedure

Appendix E: Drink Evaluation Survey Sample Questions

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1

The hot beverage activated me

2

The hot beverage was strong

3

The hot beverage was good

4

I am feeling active

5

I feel confident at my ability this time

6

I feel confident at my performance on the tasks

  1. Note: items were rated on a nine-point scale (1 = not at all; 9 = extremely)

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Ye, H. et al. (2020). The Effects of Advertising on Cognitive Performance. In: Ayaz, H. (eds) Advances in Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering. AHFE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 953. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20473-0_8

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