Consumer Behaviour

Memory & Retrieval

Consumer memory links every brand impression to future choices. See how many of these retrieval puzzles you can solve.

Experiments published in 2025 show consumers better remember who spoke when the statement is an ______ rather than a fact.

Statistical fact

Opinion claim

Price promotion

Brand slogan

Source‑memory tests found that opinion statements contain more personal markers, making them easier to link back to the speaker.

A 2025 study on ad variation‑repetition concluded that mixing creative variation with repeated brand cues significantly boosts ______ compared with straight repetition.

Advertising recall

Click‑through rate

Purchase intent

Price sensitivity

Slightly varied executions keep attention high while the recurring brand elements create stable memory nodes for recall.

When shoppers enter a ‘tip‑of‑the‑tongue’ state, the most effective follow‑up is a well‑timed ______ cue.

Reminder

Price discount

Competitor advert

Celebrity endorsement

Reminder cues resolve the recognised gap in memory, refreshing the trace and nudging the shopper toward action.

Providing a product‑category prompt before the brand name increases aided recall versus offering ______ first.

No cue at all

A price tag

A competitor logo

Demographic data

Category cues activate associated schema, priming pathways that make the brand easier to retrieve.

Neuroscience work in 2025 observed higher neural synchrony during product videos watched with ______ compared to nonfriends.

Friends

AI avatars

Strangers

Family elders

Social closeness aligns brain processing, deepening joint encoding and later retrieval.

Long‑form video ads longer than 60 seconds outperform shorter cuts on delayed brand recall after _____ days.

One

Seven

Thirty

Ninety

Extended narratives form richer episodic traces that stay accessible a week later.

2025 retrieval‑failure research shows that interference from ______ messages is the leading cause of forgetting sponsored content.

Competing

Emotional

Public‑service

Humorous

Ads with similar themes compete for the same memory slots, crowding each other out.

Studies find that vivid ______ cues on packaging help consumers retrieve brand information faster on the shelf.

Colour

Price label

QR code

Font size

Distinctive colours act as retrieval cues, shortening the mental search time.

Retrieval is most efficient when the cue was present at the time of ______.

Encoding

Checkout

Competitor comparison

Post‑purchase review

Encoding‑specificity theory says memory is recalled best when contexts match.

A 2025 cognitive study shows advertising memories consolidate primarily during ______ sleep the night after exposure.

REM

Light Stage 1

NREM Stage 2

Awake rest

REM sleep fosters synaptic consolidation, stabilising the trace for later retrieval.

Starter

Your recall could use a refresh—review encoding and cue basics to firm things up.

Solid

Nice work! Strengthen your retrieval strategies and you’ll remember brands like a pro.

Expert!

Outstanding! Your mental index rivals the sharpest neuromarketing labs.

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