Brand-evoked mental imagery: the role of brands in eliciting mental imagery

This research provides evidence of the role played by a brand in the stimulation of mental imagery. We anticipate that a familiar (vs. unfamiliar) brand will evoke higher levels of visual mental imagery in the consumer. Additionally, if the consumer exhibits favourability towards the brand, the visu...

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Autores: Gavilán Bouzas, Diana, Avello Iturriagagoitia, María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/97343
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/97343
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:M31
Branding
Mental imagery
Brand familiarity
Brand favourability
Moderation analysis
Information processing
Marketing
Análisis Multivariante
5311.05 Marketing (Comercialización)
5308.02 Comportamiento del Consumidor
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Sumario:This research provides evidence of the role played by a brand in the stimulation of mental imagery. We anticipate that a familiar (vs. unfamiliar) brand will evoke higher levels of visual mental imagery in the consumer. Additionally, if the consumer exhibits favourability towards the brand, the visual mental imagery evoked will be enhanced. Therefore, we provide evidence of the moderating role of brand favourability in the relationship between brand familiarity and visual mental imagery. Our findings suggest that brands are evocative and are able to enhance (or reduce) information processing and, thus, the generation of visual mental images that we name “brand-evoked mental imagery”. The results contribute to the literature on branding and mental imagery and have several practical implications for marketers.