{"id":189,"date":"2016-09-21T17:01:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b2bpr.com.ua\/?page_id=189"},"modified":"2020-01-06T11:07:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T09:07:36","slug":"lizard-brain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/b2bpr.com.ua\/en\/lizard-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizard brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are fond of psychology of persuasion and use it for brand communication. One of the theories we use is the &#8216;<em>reptilian brain&#8217;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>4&#8217;000 years of civilization cannot beat 2&#8217;000&#8217;000 years of a struggle for survival. For these two million years our ancestors had been honing reflexes and reactions that allowed them navigating fast and correctly in a dangerous environment. As a heritage from them, we have a so-called <em>&#8216;reptilian brain\u2019<\/em> or <em>&#8216;lizard brain\u2019<\/em>. It is situated at the base of the skull and is responsible for the most basic things related to survival.<\/p>\n<p>During the evolution, a <em>&#8216;monkey brain\u2019<\/em> responsible for emotion, and then an actual <em>&#8216;human brain\u2019<\/em> to which we owe our rational thinking, enhanced the lizard brain. But it still remains strong and affects behavior, including a consumer one.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>What do we know about the lizard brain?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lizard brain resists changes. Familiar \u2245 safe. Unfamiliar is the risk and fear. Therefore it is necessary to explain + there are a couple more tricks how to &#8216;persuade&#8217; a cautious lizard.<\/li>\n<li>Reptilian brain is sensitive to contrasts.<\/li>\n<li>Tangibility, including a visual one, is sensed by our most ancient nerve endings.<\/li>\n<li>Reptilian brain prefer pictures rather than words. It likes visual metaphors.<\/li>\n<li>Reptilian brain does not handle abstract concepts. But it understands emotions.<\/li>\n<li>Lizard likes the notions of the &#8216;cave&#8217; and &#8216;space&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Reptilian brain likes a sense of completion.<\/li>\n<li>Lizard brain seeks constant reassurance. &#8216;It will wheedle and argue and debate with the rest of your head, pushing for one tiny bit of evidence, some sort of proof that everything will be okay. It doesn&#8217;t walk away ashamed of its anxiety.&#8217; Seth Godin, <a href=\"http:\/\/sethgodin.typepad.com\/seths_blog\" target=\"\u00ab_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">from his now closed blog<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>And, lizard brain loves itself. &#8216;What&#8217;s in it for me?&#8217; is not selfish, it\u2019s a law of survival.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-600 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/b2bpr.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/23-300x208.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are fond of psychology of persuasion and use it for brand communication. One of the theories we use is the &#8216;reptilian brain&#8217;. 4&#8217;000 years of civilization cannot beat 2&#8217;000&#8217;000 years of a struggle for survival. For these two million years our ancestors had been honing reflexes and reactions that allowed them navigating fast and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/b2bpr.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/b2bpr.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/b2bpr.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b2bpr.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b2bpr.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/b2bpr.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2839,"href":"https:\/\/b2bpr.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189\/revisions\/2839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/b2bpr.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}