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What do consumers really want? That’s a question market researchers would love to answer. But since people don’t always say what

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问题     What do consumers really want? That’s a question market researchers would love to answer. But since people don’t always say what they think, marketeers would need direct access to consumers’ thoughts to get the truth.
    Now, in a way, that is possible. At the "Mind of the Market" laboratory at Harvard Business School, researchers are looking inside shoppers’ skulls to develop more effective advertisements and marketing pitches. Using imaging techniques that measure blood flow to various parts of the brain, the Harvard team hopes to predict how consumers will react to particular products and to discover the most effective ways to present information. Stephen Kosslyn, a professor of psychology at Harvard, and business school professor Gerald Zaltman, oversee the lab. "The goal is not to manipulate people’s preferences," says Kosslyn, "just to speak to their actual desires. " The group’s findings, though still preliminary, could radically change how firms develop and market new products.
    The Harvard group use positron emission tomography(PET)scans to monitor the brain activity. These PET scans, along with other non-invasive imaging techniques, enable researchers to see which parts of the brain are active during specific tasks(such as remembering a word). Correlations have been found between blood flow to specific areas and future behavior. Because of this, Harvard researchers believe the scans can also predict future purchasing patterns. According to an unpublished paper the group produced, "It is possible to use these techniques to predict not only whether people will remember and have specific emotional reactions to certain materials, but also whether they will be inclined to want those materials months later. "
    The Harvard group is now moving into the next stage of experiments. They will explore how people remember advertisements as part of an effort to predict how they will react to a product after having seen an ad. The researchers believe that once key areas of the brain are identified, scans on about two dozen volunteers will be enough to draw conclusions about the reactions of specific segments of the population. Large corporations—including Coca Cola, General Motors, and Hallmark—have already signed up to fund further investigations.
    For their financial support, these firms gain access to the experiments but cannot control them. If Kosslyn and Zaltman and their team really can read the mind of the market, then consumers may find it even harder to get those advertising jingles out of their heads.
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
选项 A、People will lie when being questioned by the market researchers.
B、Stephen Kosslyn and Gerald Zaltman neglected the experiments and the study.
C、Harvard researchers have found some relation between people’s brain and behavior.
D、Many large organizations withdrew fund for the Harvard group’s further investigations.
答案C
解析 根据本文内容，下列哪项的说法正确?[A]人们在被市场调研员提问时会撒谎。[B]科斯林和扎特曼忽视了实验和研究。[C]哈佛的研究人员已经发现人们的大脑和行为之间存在一些关联。[D]很多大公司收回了为哈佛研究小组的进一步调查提供的资金。在第二段中说，哈佛的科学家用电子成像技术分析消费者大脑中的血液流量与他们的购买欲之间的关系，这些发现可能会改变企业开发和营销新产品的方式。因此[C]是正确答案。其他选项所提到的细节，如[A]人们“撒谎”、[B]“科斯林和扎特曼忽视了实验和研究”和[D]“大公司收回为小组的进一步调查提供的资金”等都与原文意思不符。
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