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Decoded: The Science Behind Why We Buy
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Decoded: The Science Behind Why We Buy

by Phil Barden
March 2013
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
6h 36m
English
Wiley
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Table of Contents

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Foreword

Preface

1 Decision Science: Understanding the Why of Consumer Behaviour

Let there be light!

Decision science and economics merge

A science-based framework for marketing

The (almost) unlimited capacity of the autopilot

What fires together wires together

Framing – the autopilot frames our experience

Why we underestimate the influence of the implicit level

Decoding the autopilot

2 The Moment of Truth: Decoding Purchase Decisions

The neuro-logic of a purchase decision

How to increase value

Price can increase perceived value

Language can increase perceived value

Suggestion

Reducing perceived cost

Money is not the only cost

Value–cost relation is relative

Occasion-based marketing

3 Decoding the Interface: How the Autopilot Perceives Touchpoints

The power of perception

The eye is not a camera

Recognition – what is it?

Recognition is also based on contextual cues

Concepts – what does it stand for?

New and consistent – squaring the circle?

Value-based attention: What we want is what we see

The ‘pop-out’ effect – attention is also triggered by contrast

Perceptual fluency adds value

Faces are of high value

Price sensor – the sixth sense

4 Optimizing the Path to Purchase: The Decision Interface Makes the Difference

Decision interfaces influence purchase decisions: a visit to the canteen

Interfaces change behaviour without changing minds

Incremental innovations with huge impact

Principles of persuasive decision interfaces

Tangibility ...

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