Title
Neural effects of environmental advertising: An fMRI analysis of voice age and temporal framing
Date Issued
15 January 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Casado-Aranda L.A.
Sánchez-Fernández J.
Universidad de Granada
Publisher(s)
Academic Press
Abstract
Ecological information offered to society through advertising enhances awareness of environmental issues, encourages development of sustainable attitudes and intentions, and can even alter behavior. This paper, by means of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and self-reports, explores the underlying mechanisms of processing ecological messages. The study specifically examines brain and behavioral responses to persuasive ecological messages that differ in temporal framing and in the age of the voice pronouncing them. The findings reveal that attitudes are more positive toward future-framed messages presented by young voices. The whole-brain analysis reveals that future-framed (FF) ecological messages trigger activation in brain areas related to imagery, prospective memories and episodic events, thus reflecting the involvement of past behaviors in future ecological actions. Past-framed messages (PF), in turn, elicit brain activations within the episodic system. Young voices (YV), in addition to triggering stronger activation in areas involved with the processing of high-timbre, high-pitched and high-intensity voices, are perceived as more emotional and motivational than old voices (OV) as activations in anterior cingulate cortex and amygdala. Messages expressed by older voices, in turn, exhibit stronger activation in areas formerly linked to low-pitched voices and voice gender perception. Interestingly, a link is identified between neural and self-report responses indicating that certain brain activations in response to future-framed messages and young voices predicted higher attitudes toward future-framed and young voice advertisements, respectively. The results of this study provide invaluable insight into the unconscious origin of attitudes toward environmental messages and indicate which voice and temporal frame of a message generate the greatest subconscious value.
Start page
664
End page
675
Volume
206
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Negocios, Administración Relaciones Industriales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85033404161
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Environmental Management
ISSN of the container
03014797
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by an Excellence Project awarded by the Junta de Andalusia [REF: P12-SEJ-1980]; and a FPU (Formación Profesor Universitario) contract awarded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Spain . [ REF: FPU14/04736 ].
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