Metaverso y neuromarketing: innovación metodológica en el estudio del consumidor y del retail

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Verónica Crespo-Pereira
Eva Sánchez-Amboage

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Las neurotecnologías conducen al estudio del sistema nervioso y a mejorar su función, y están llamadas a representar uno de los grandes saltos tecnológicos de nuestros días. Tradicionalmente han sido empleadas en el campo de la salud, sin embargo, su universalización, por operatividad y coste, ha impulsado su empleo en diferentes áreas dentro de las ciencias sociales mediante la disciplina denominada neuromarketing o neurociencia del consumidor para aplicarla en la investigación de mercados.
La aparición de metaverso podría incorporar nuevas fórmulas para el estudio de individuos y audiencias debido a la amplia gama de sensores de registro neurofisiológico (eye tracking, EEG, EDA…) incorporados en el hardware de la realidad virtual y la realidad aumentada. El presente trabajo se focaliza en el potencial de las mencionadas tecnologías en el contexto de metaverso para la investigación de mercado y la creación de métricas innovadoras y de interés para el ámbito empresarial, comunicacional, publicitario y educativo. Con el objeto de retratar dicha situación se lleva a cabo una revisión bibliográfica, un análisis documental y entrevistas a expertos en neurociencia cognitiva, inteligencia artificial (IA) y neuroarquitectura. Si bien los resultados evidencian la existencia de sensores neurofisiológicos en los dispositivos de metaverso y la posibilidad de realizar investigación neurofisiológica en entornos reales de consumo, todavía existen obstáculos tecnológicos y de conocimiento científico básico que superar.

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