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Neuroimaging as a Marketing Tool
Neuroimaging as a means for validating whether a stimulus such as advertisement, communication, or product evokes a certain mental response such as emotion, preference, or memory, or to predict the consequences of the stimulus on later behavior such as consumption or purchasing.
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| 7391873 | Microphone with voltage pump An integrated circuit (102) configured to provide a microphone output signal, comprising: a preamplifier (108) coupled to receive an input signal, generated by a first microphone member that is movable relative to a second microphone member; and a volt... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7317997 | System and method for facilitating listening A system and method for assisting listening wherein an integrated circuit selects one or more audio sources from among a plurality audio sources to be presented to a signal processing circuit. Selection of the audio source can be automatically executed in response t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7003140 | System and method of searching for image data in a storage medium A system and method of searching for composite images in a database system is performed on a code word basis. To enable the search, the database stores facial codes which define a respective plurality of composite images. Each facial code includes element codes whic... | 02/21/2006 |
| 5357577 | Vacuum tube microphone apparatus A microphone apparatus including a vacuum-tube amplifier amplifying an electric signal converted from an acoustic signal includes a thermo-ionic cooling element having two surfaces, in which a first surface is in contact with the vacuum-tube amplifier for... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5245278 | Device for the processing of a signal coming from a sensor with a derivative type of response The disclosure relates to devices for the measurement of signals in the field of wideband phenomena. More precisely, a device is disclosed for the processing of electrical signals coming from a derivative type of sensor designed to measure an electrical o... | 09/14/1993 |
| 4628528 | Pressure wave transducing A loudspeaker driver has its front surface adjacent one end of a low loss acoustic waveguide and its rear surface adjacent to one end of a second acoustic waveguide that is one third the length of the first. The other openings of the waveguides face air a... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4567608 | Microphone for use on location A microphone designed for use on location provided with amplification to produce a signal output level suitable for use on conventional studio cables and utilizing the Phantom power available on such studio cables, the microphone having a light emitting d... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4499335 | Announcement recording and message playback system for a telephone answering machine A system for a telephone answering machine for recording new announcements on the announcement tape, for dictating notes or other material on the message tape, and for reproducing messages recorded on the message tape, all by means of a single transducer,... | 02/12/1985 |
