Super Bowl ads cause high anxiety

Inspiration meets innovation at Brandweek, the ultimate marketing experience. Join industry luminaries, rising talent and strategic experts in Phoenix, Arizona this September 23–26 to assess challenges, develop solutions and create new pathways for growth. Register early to save.


You may have noticed that we’ve eschewed most rundowns of what ads proved to be the most popular on the Super Bowl, but we decided to post this one mostly for this cool visual of how people’s brains responded to the ads for Doritos (“Live the flavor”) and Emerald Nuts, respectively. For the second year in a row, FKF Applied Research used fMRI technology to see which ads caused the brain to be most engaged.

AW+

WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.

Subscribe today!

To Read the Full Story Become an Adweek+ Subscriber

View Subscription Options

Already a member? Sign in