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
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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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spelling Brand-evoked mental imagery: the role of brands in eliciting mental imageryGavilán Bouzas, DianaAvello Iturriagagoitia, MaríaM31BrandingMental imageryBrand familiarityBrand favourabilityModeration analysisInformation processingMarketingAnálisis Multivariante5311.05 Marketing (Comercialización)5308.02 Comportamiento del ConsumidorThis 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.Sage JournalsUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20202020-01-0120202020-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/97343reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/973432026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Brand-evoked mental imagery: the role of brands in eliciting mental imagery
title Brand-evoked mental imagery: the role of brands in eliciting mental imagery
spellingShingle Brand-evoked mental imagery: the role of brands in eliciting mental imagery
Gavilán Bouzas, Diana
M31
Branding
Mental imagery
Brand familiarity
Brand favourability
Moderation analysis
Information processing
Marketing
Análisis Multivariante
5311.05 Marketing (Comercialización)
5308.02 Comportamiento del Consumidor
title_short Brand-evoked mental imagery: the role of brands in eliciting mental imagery
title_full Brand-evoked mental imagery: the role of brands in eliciting mental imagery
title_fullStr Brand-evoked mental imagery: the role of brands in eliciting mental imagery
title_full_unstemmed Brand-evoked mental imagery: the role of brands in eliciting mental imagery
title_sort Brand-evoked mental imagery: the role of brands in eliciting mental imagery
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gavilán Bouzas, Diana
Avello Iturriagagoitia, María
author Gavilán Bouzas, Diana
author_facet Gavilán Bouzas, Diana
Avello Iturriagagoitia, María
author_role author
author2 Avello Iturriagagoitia, María
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv M31
Branding
Mental imagery
Brand familiarity
Brand favourability
Moderation analysis
Information processing
Marketing
Análisis Multivariante
5311.05 Marketing (Comercialización)
5308.02 Comportamiento del Consumidor
topic M31
Branding
Mental imagery
Brand familiarity
Brand favourability
Moderation analysis
Information processing
Marketing
Análisis Multivariante
5311.05 Marketing (Comercialización)
5308.02 Comportamiento del Consumidor
description 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.
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