US20090024049A1 - Cross-modality synthesis of central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector data - Google Patents

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US20090024049A1 US12/056,225 US5622508A US2009024049A1 US 20090024049 A1 US20090024049 A1 US 20090024049A1 US 5622508 A US5622508 A US 5622508A US 2009024049 A1 US2009024049 A1 US 2009024049A1
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  • the present disclosure relates to analyzing and enhancing central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector data using cross-modality synthesis.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates one example of a system for determining the effectiveness of marketing and entertainment by using central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector measures.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a particular example of a system having an intelligent protocol generator and presenter device and individual mechanisms for intra-modality response synthesis.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a particular example of an intra-modality synthesis mechanism for Electroencephalography (EEG).
  • EEG Electroencephalography
  • FIG. 4 illustrates another particular example of synthesis for Electroencephalography (EEG).
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a particular example of a cross-modality synthesis mechanism.
  • FIG. 6 is one example of a sample flow process diagram showing a technique for obtaining neurological and neurophysiological data.
  • FIG. 7 provides one example of a system that can be used to implement one or more mechanisms.
  • the techniques and mechanisms of the present invention will be described in the context of evaluating entertainment and marketing effectiveness.
  • the techniques and mechanisms of the present invention apply to a variety of different types of entertainment and marketing such as video and audio streams, media advertising, product placement, brand effectiveness, printed advertisements, etc.
  • various mechanisms and techniques can be applied to any type of stimuli.
  • numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention.
  • Particular example embodiments of the present invention may be implemented without some or all of these specific details.
  • well known process operations have not been described in detail in order not to unnecessarily obscure the present invention.
  • a system uses a processor in a variety of contexts. However, it will be appreciated that a system can use multiple processors while remaining within the scope of the present invention unless otherwise noted.
  • the techniques and mechanisms of the present invention will sometimes describe a connection between two entities. It should be noted that a connection between two entities does not necessarily mean a direct, unimpeded connection, as a variety of other entities may reside between the two entities.
  • a processor may be connected to memory, but it will be appreciated that a variety of bridges and controllers may reside between the processor and memory. Consequently, a connection does not necessarily mean a direct, unimpeded connection unless otherwise noted.
  • Central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector data is measured and analyzed to determine the effectiveness of marketing and entertainment stimuli.
  • a data collection mechanism including multiple modalities such as Electroencephalography (EEG), Electrooculography (EOG), Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), etc., collects response data from subjects exposed to marketing and entertainment stimuli.
  • a data cleanser mechanism filters the response data. The response data is enhanced using intra-modality response synthesis and/or a cross-modality response synthesis.
  • fMRI Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • EEG Electroencephalography
  • Autonomic nervous system measurement mechanisms include Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), Electrocardiograms (EKG), pupillary dilation, etc.
  • Effector measurement mechanisms include Electrooculography (EOG), eye tracking, facial emotion encoding, reaction time etc.
  • Some conventional mechanisms cite a particular neurological or neurophysiological measurement characteristic as indicating a particular thought, feeling, mental state, or ability. For example, one mechanism purports that the contraction of a particular facial muscle indicates the presence of a particular emotion. Others measure general activity in particular areas of the brain and suggest that activity in one portion may suggest lying while activity in another portion may suggest truthfulness. However, these mechanisms are severely limited in their ability to accurately reflect a subject's actual thoughts. It is recognized that a particular region of the brain can not be mapped to a particular thought. Similarly, a particular eye movement can not be mapped to a particular emotion. Even when there is a strong correlation between a particular measured characteristic and a thought, feeling, or mental state, the correlations are not perfect, leading to a large number of false positives and false negatives.
  • the techniques and mechanisms of the present invention intelligently blend multiple modes and manifestations of precognitive neural signatures with cognitive neural signatures and post cognitive neurophysiological manifestations to more accurately access the effectiveness of marketing and entertainment materials.
  • autonomic nervous system measures are themselves used to validate central nervous system measures. Effector and behavior responses are blended and combined with other measures.
  • Intra-modality measurement enhancements are made in addition to the cross-modality measurement mechanism enhancements.
  • brain activity is measured not just to determine the regions of activity, but to determine interactions and types of interactions between various regions.
  • the techniques and mechanisms of the present invention recognize that interactions between neural regions support orchestrated and organized behavior. Thoughts and abilities are not merely based on one part of the brain but instead rely on network interactions between brain regions.
  • the techniques and mechanisms of the present invention further recognize that different frequency bands used for multi-regional communication can be indicative of the effectiveness of stimuli. For example, associating a name to a particular face may entail activity in communication pathways tuned to particular frequencies. According to various embodiments, select frequency bands are analyzed after filtering. The techniques and mechanisms of the present invention also recognize that high gamma band frequencies have significance. Inter-frequency coupling in the signals have also been determined to indicate effectiveness. Signals modulated on a carrier wave have also been determined to be important in evaluating thoughts and actions. In particular embodiments, the types of frequencies measured are subject and/or task specific. For example, particular types of frequencies in specific pathways are measured if a subject is being exposed to a new product.
  • evaluations are calibrated to each subject and synchronized across subjects.
  • templates are created for subjects to create a baseline for measuring pre and post stimulus differentials.
  • stimulus generators are intelligent, and adaptively modify specific parameters such as exposure length and duration for each subject being analyzed.
  • the techniques and mechanisms of the present invention provide a central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector measurement and analysis system that can be applied to evaluate the effectiveness of materials such as marketing and entertainment materials.
  • Marketing materials may include advertisements, commercials, media clips, brand messages, product brochures, company logos, etc.
  • An intelligent stimulus generation mechanism intelligently adapts output for particular users and purposes.
  • a variety of modalities can be used including EEG, GSR, EKG, pupillary dilation, EOG, eye tracking, facial emotion encoding, reaction time, etc.
  • Individual modalities such as EEG are enhanced by intelligently recognizing neural region communication pathways.
  • Cross modality analysis is enhanced using a synthesis and analytical blending of central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector signatures. Synthesis and analysis by mechanisms such as time and phase shifting, correlating, and validating intra-modal determinations allow generation of a composite output characterizing the effectiveness of various stimuli.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates one example of a system for determining the effectiveness of marketing and entertainment by using central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector measures.
  • the neuro analysis system includes a protocol generator and presenter device 101 .
  • the protocol generator and presenter device 101 is merely a presenter device and merely presents stimuli to a user.
  • the stimuli may be a media clip, a commercial, a brand image, a magazine advertisement, a movie, an audio presentation, particular tastes, smells, textures and/or sounds.
  • the stimuli can involve a variety of senses and occur with or without human supervision. Continuous and discrete modes are supported.
  • the protocol generator and presenter device 101 also has protocol generation capability to allow intelligent customization of stimuli provided to a subject.
  • the subjects are connected to data collection devices 105 .
  • the data collection devices 105 may include a variety of neurological and neurophysiological measurement mechanisms such as EEG, EOG, GSR, EKG, pupilary dilation, eye tracking, facial emotion encoding, and reaction time devices, etc.
  • the data collection devices 105 include EEG 111 , EOG 113 , and GSR 115 . In some instances, only a single data collection device is used. Data collection may proceed with or without human supervision.
  • the data collection device 105 collects neuro-physiological data from multiple sources. This includes a combination of devices such as central nervous system sources (EEG), autonomic nervous system sources (GSR, EKG, pupilary dilation), and effector sources (EOG, eye tracking, facial emotion encoding, reaction time).
  • EEG central nervous system sources
  • GSR autonomic nervous system sources
  • EOG effector sources
  • eye tracking facial emotion encoding
  • reaction time a combination of devices
  • EEG central nervous system sources
  • GSR autonomic nervous system sources
  • EOG effector sources
  • eye tracking facial emotion encoding
  • reaction time effector sources
  • data collected is digitally sampled and stored for later analysis.
  • the data collected could be analyzed in real-time.
  • the digital sampling rates are adaptively chosen based on the neurophysiological and neurological data being measured.
  • the neurological and neurophysiological analysis system includes EEG 111 measurements made using scalp level electrodes, EOG 113 measurements made using shielded electrodes to track eye data, GSR 115 measurements performed using a differential measurement system, a facial muscular measurement through shielded electrodes placed at specific locations on the face, and a facial affect graphic and video analyzer adaptively derived for each individual.
  • the data collection devices are clock synchronized with a protocol generator and presenter device 101 .
  • the data collection system 105 can collect data from a single individual (1 system), or can be modified to collect synchronized data from multiple individuals (N+1 system).
  • the N+1 system may include multiple individuals synchronously tested in isolation or in a group setting.
  • the data collection devices also include a condition evaluation subsystem that provides auto triggers, alerts and status monitoring and visualization components that continuously monitor the status of the subject, data being collected, and the data collection instruments.
  • the condition evaluation subsystem may also present visual alerts and automatically trigger remedial actions.
  • the neurological and neurophysiological analysis system also includes a data cleanser device 121 .
  • the data cleanser device 121 filters the collected data to remove noise, artifacts, and other irrelevant data using fixed and adaptive filtering, weighted averaging, advanced component extraction (like PCA, ICA), vector and component separation methods, etc. This device cleanses the data by removing both exogenous noise (where the source is outside the physiology of the subject) and endogenous artifacts (where the source could be neurophysiological like muscle movement, eye blinks, etc.).
  • the artifact removal subsystem includes mechanisms to selectively isolate and review the response data and identify epochs with time domain and/or frequency domain attributes that correspond to artifacts such as line frequency, eye blinks, and muscle movements.
  • the artifact removal subsystem then cleanses the artifacts by either omitting these epochs, or by replacing these epoch data with an estimate based on the other clean data (for example, an EEG nearest neighbor weighted averaging approach).
  • the data cleanser device 121 is implemented using hardware, firmware, and/or software. It should be noted that although a data cleanser device 121 is shown located after a data collection device 105 and before synthesis devices 131 and 141 , the data cleanser device 121 like other components may have a location and functionality that varies based on system implementation. For example, some systems may not use any automated data cleanser device whatsoever. In other systems, data cleanser devices may be integrated into individual data collection devices.
  • the data cleanser device 121 passes data to the intra-modality response synthesizer 131 .
  • the intra-modality response synthesizer 131 is configured to customize and extract the independent neurological and neurophysiological parameters for each individual in each modality and blend the estimates within a modality analytically to elicit an enhanced response to the presented stimuli.
  • the intra-modality response synthesizer also aggregates data from different subjects in a dataset.
  • the cross-modality response synthesis or fusion device 141 blends different intra-modality responses, including raw signals and signals output from synthesizer 131 .
  • the combination of signals enhances the measures of effectiveness within a modality.
  • the cross-modality response fusion device 141 can also aggregate data from different subjects in a dataset.
  • the system also includes a composite enhanced effectiveness estimator (CEEE) that combines the enhanced responses and estimates from each modality to provide a blended estimate of the effectiveness of the marketing and entertainment stimuli for various purposes.
  • CEEE composite enhanced effectiveness estimator
  • Stimulus effectiveness measures are output at 161 .
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a particular example of a system having an intelligent protocol generator and presenter device (where the intelligence could include a feedback based on prior responses) and individual mechanisms for intra-modality response synthesis.
  • the system includes a protocol generator and presenter device 201 .
  • the protocol generator and presenter device 201 is merely a presenter device and merely presents preconfigured stimuli to a user.
  • the stimuli may be media clips, commercials, brand images, magazine advertisements, movies, audio presentations, particular tastes, textures, smells, and/or sounds.
  • the stimuli can involve a variety of senses and occur with or without human supervision. Continuous and discrete modes are supported.
  • the protocol generator and presenter device 201 also has protocol generation capability to allow intelligent modification of the types of stimuli provided to a subject.
  • the protocol generator and presenter device 201 receives information about stimulus effectiveness measures from component 261 .
  • the protocol generator and presenter device 201 dynamical adapts stimuli presentation by using information from the analysis of attention, analysis of emotional engagement, analysis of memory retention, analysis of overall visual, audio, other sensory effectiveness, and ad, show, or content effectiveness, implicit analysis of brand impact, implicit analysis of brand meaning, implicit analysis of brand archetype, implicit analysis of brand imagery, implicit analysis of brand words, explicit analysis of brand impact, explicit analysis of brand meaning, explicit analysis of brand archetype, explicit analysis of brand imagery, explicit analysis of brand words; analysis of characters in the ad, analysis of emotive response to characters in the ad/show/content, analysis of character interaction in the ad/show/content; elicitation of core components of the ad/show/content for print purposes, elicitation of core components of the ad/show/content for billboard purposes; elicitation of the ocular metrics like hot-zones in the ad/show/content by eye dwell time, micro and macro saccade separation, saccadic returns to points of interest; elicitation of points for
  • the protocol generator and presenter device 201 uses a data model along with linguistic and image tools like valence, arousal, meaning matched word/phrase generators, valence and arousal matched image/video selectors to generate parameters regarding the experiment.
  • the protocol generator and presenter device 201 may vary individual presentation parameters like time and duration of the experiment, the number of repetitions of the stimuli based on signal to noise requirements, and the number and repetitions of the stimuli for habituation and wear-out studies, the type and number of neuro-physiological baselines, and the self reporting surveys to include.
  • the protocol generator and presenter device 201 customizes presentations to a group of subjects or to individual subjects.
  • the subjects are connected to data collection devices 205 .
  • the data collection devices 205 may involve any type of neurological and neurophysiological mechanism such as EEG, EOG, GSR, EKG, pupilary dilation, eye tracking, facial emotion encoding, reaction rime, etc.
  • the data collection devices 205 include EEG 211 , EOG 213 , and GSR 215 . In some instances, only a single modality is used. In other instances, multiple modalities are used and may vary depending on the type of effectiveness evaluation. Data collection may proceed without or without human supervision.
  • the data collection device 205 automatically collects neuro-physiological data from multiple sources. This includes a combination of devices such as central nervous system sources (EEG), autonomic nervous system sources (GSR, EKG, pupillary dilation), and effector sources (EOG, eye tracking, facial emotion encoding, reaction time).
  • EEG central nervous system sources
  • GSR autonomic nervous system sources
  • EOG effector sources
  • eye tracking facial emotion encoding
  • reaction time effector sources
  • data collected is digitally sampled and stored for later analysis.
  • the digital sampling rates are adaptively chosen based on the type of neurophysiological and neurological data being measured.
  • the system includes EEG 211 measurements made using scalp level electrodes, EOG 213 measurements made using shielded electrodes to track eye data, GSR 215 measurements performed using a differential measurement system, and a facial affect graphic and video analyzer adaptively derived for each individual.
  • the data collection devices are clock synchronized with a protocol generator and presenter device 201 .
  • the data collection system 205 can collect data from a single individual (1 system), or can be modified to collect synchronized data from multiple individuals (N+1 system).
  • the N+1 system could include multiple individuals synchronously recorded in a group setting or in isolation.
  • the data collection devices also include a condition evaluation subsystem that provides auto triggers, alerts and status monitoring and visualization components that continuously monitor the status of the data being collected as well as the status of the data collection instruments themselves.
  • the condition evaluation subsystem may also present visual alerts and automatically trigger remedial actions.
  • the system also includes a data cleanser device 221 .
  • the data cleanser device 221 filters the collected data to remove noise, artifacts, and other irrelevant data using fixed and adaptive filtering, weighted averaging, advanced component extraction (like PCA, ICA), vector and component separation methods, etc. This device cleanses the data by removing both exogenous noise (where the source is outside the physiology of the subject) and endogenous artifacts (where the source could be neurophysiological like muscle movement, eye blinks).
  • the artifact removal subsystem includes mechanisms to selectively isolate and review the output of each of the data and identify epochs with time domain and/or frequency domain attributes that correspond to artifacts such as line frequency, eye blinks, and muscle movements.
  • the artifact removal subsystem then cleanses the artifacts by either omitting these epochs, or by replacing these epoch data with an estimate based on the other clean data (for example, an EEG nearest neighbor weighted averaging approach), or removes these components from the signal.
  • the data cleanser device 221 is implemented using hardware, firmware, and/or software. It should be noted that although a data cleanser device 221 is shown located after a data collection device 205 and before synthesis devices 231 and 241 , the data cleanser device 221 like other components may have a location and functionality that varies based on system implementation. For example, some systems may not use any automated data cleanser device whatsoever. In other systems, data cleanser devices may be integrated into individual data collection devices.
  • the data cleanser device 221 passes data to the intra-modality response synthesizer 231 .
  • the intra-modality response synthesizer is configured to customize and extract the independent neurological and neurophysiological parameters for each individual in each modality and blend the estimates within a modality analytically to elicit an enhanced response to the presented stimuli.
  • the intra-modality response synthesizer also aggregates data from different subjects in a dataset.
  • various modules perform synthesis in parallel or in series, and can operate on data directly output from a data cleanser device 221 or operate on data output from other modules.
  • EEG synthesis module 233 can operate on the output of EOG synthesis module 235 .
  • GSR module 237 can operate on data output from EEG module 233 .
  • the cross-modality response synthesis or fusion device 241 blends different intra-modality responses, including raw signals as well as signals output from synthesizer 231 .
  • the combination of signals enhances the measures of effectiveness within a modality.
  • the cross-modality response fusion device 241 can also aggregate data from different subjects in a dataset.
  • the neuro analysis system also includes a composite enhanced effectiveness estimator (CEEE) that combines the enhanced responses and estimates from each modality to provide a blended estimate of the effectiveness of the marketing and advertising stimuli for various purposes.
  • Stimulus effectiveness measures are output at 261 .
  • a portion or all of the effectiveness measures can be provided as feedback to a protocol generator and presenter device 201 to further customize stimuli presented to users 203 .
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a particular example of an intra-modality synthesis mechanism.
  • EEG response data is synthesized to provide an enhanced assessment of marketing and entertainment effectiveness.
  • EEG measures electrical activity resulting from thousands of simultaneous neural processes associated with different portions of the brain.
  • EEG data can be classified in various bands.
  • brainwave frequencies includes delta, theta, alpha, beta, and gamma frequency ranges. Delta waves are classified as those less than 4 Hz and are prominent during deep sleep. Theta waves have frequencies between 3.5 to 7.5 Hz and are associated with memories, attention, emotions, and sensations. Theta waves are typically prominent during states of internal focus.
  • Alpha frequencies reside between 7.5 and 13 Hz and typically peak around 10 Hz. Alpha waves are prominent during states of relaxation. Beta waves have a frequency range between 14 and 30 Hz. Beta waves are prominent during states of motor control, long range synchronization between brain areas, analytical problem solving, judgment, and decision making. Gamma waves occur between 30 and 60 Hz and are involved inbinding of different populations of neurons together into a network for the purpose of carrying out a certain cognitive or motor function, as well as in attention and memory. Because the skull and dermal layers attenuate waves in this frequency range, brain waves above 75-80 Hz are difficult to detect and are often not used for stimuli response assessment.
  • the techniques and mechanisms of the present invention recognize that analyzing high gamma band (kappa-band: Above 60 Hz) measurements, in addition to theta, alpha, beta, and low gamma band measurements, enhances neurological attention, emotional engagement and retention component estimates.
  • EEG measurements including difficult to detect high gamma or kappa band measurements are obtained, enhanced, and evaluated at 301 .
  • subject and task specific signature sub-bands in the theta, alpha, beta, gamma and kappa bands are identified to provide enhanced response estimates.
  • high gamma waves can be used in inverse model-based enhancement of the frequency responses to the stimuli.
  • a sub-band may include the 40-45 Hz range within the gamma band.
  • multiple sub-bands within the different bands are selected while remaining frequencies are band pass filtered.
  • multiple sub-band responses may be enhanced, while the remaining frequency responses may be attenuated.
  • inter-regional coherencies of the sub-band measurements are determined.
  • inter-regional coherencies are determined using gain and phase coherences, Bayesian references, mutual information theoretic measures of independence and directionality, and Granger causality techniques of the EEG response in the different bands.
  • inter-regional coherencies are determined using fuzzy logic to estimate effectiveness of the stimulus in evoking specific type of responses in individual subjects.
  • inter-hemispheric time-frequency measurements are evaluated.
  • asymmetries in specific band powers, asymmetries in inter-regional intra-hemispheric coherences, and asymmetries in inter-regional intra-hemisphere inter-frequency coupling are analyzed to provide measures of emotional engagement.
  • inter-frequency coupling assessments of the response are determined.
  • a coupling index corresponding to the measure of specific band activity in synchrony with the phase of other band activity is determined to ascertain the significance of the marketing and advertising stimulus or sub-sections thereof.
  • a reference scalp power frequency curve is determined using a baseline electrocorticogram (ECoG) power by frequency function driven model.
  • EoG electrocorticogram
  • the reference scale power frequency curve is compared to an individual scalp record power by frequency curve to derive scaled estimates of marketing and entertainment effectiveness.
  • scaled estimates are derived used fuzzy scaling.
  • an information theory based band-weighting model is used for adaptive extraction of selective dataset specific, subject specific, task specific bands to enhance the effectiveness measure. Adaptive extraction may be performed using fuzzy scaling.
  • stimuli can be presented and enhanced measurements determined multiple times to determine the variation or habituation profiles across multiple presentations. Determining the variation and/or habituation profiles provides an enhanced assessment of the primary responses as well as the longevity (wear-out) of the marketing and entertainment stimuli.
  • the synchronous response of multiple individuals to stimuli presented in concert is measured to determine an enhanced across subject synchrony measure of effectiveness. According to various embodiments, the synchronous response may be determined for multiple subjects residing in separate locations or for multiple subjects residing in the same location.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a particular example of synthesis for Electroencephalography (EEG) data, including ERP and continuous EEG.
  • EEG Electroencephalography
  • ERPs can be reliably measured using electroencephalography (EEG), a procedure that measures electrical activity of the brain.
  • EEG electroencephalography
  • ERP data includes cognitive neurophysiological responses that manifests after the stimulus is presented. In many instances, it is difficult to see an ERP after the presentation of a single stimulus. The most robust ERPs are seen after tens or hundreds of individual presentations are combined. This combination removes noise in the data and allows the voltage response to the stimulus to stand out more clearly.
  • the embodiment includes techniques to extract single trial evoked information from the ongoing EEG.
  • event-related potentials reflect the processing of the physical stimulus
  • event-related potentials are caused by the “higher” processes, that might involve memory, expectation, attention, or changes in the mental state, among others.
  • evidence of the occurrence or non-occurrence of specific time domain components in specific regions of the brain are used to measure subject responsiveness to specific stimulus.
  • ERP data can be enhanced using a variety of mechanisms.
  • event related time-frequency analysis of stimulus response event related power spectral perturbations (ERPSPs)—is performed across multiple frequency bands such as theta, delta, alpha, beta, gamma and high gamma (kappa).
  • a baseline ERP is determined.
  • a differential event related potential (DERP) is evaluated to assess stimulus attributable differential responses.
  • PCA principal component analysis
  • ICA independent component analysis
  • Monte Carlos analysis can be applied to evaluate an ordered ranking of the effectiveness across multiple stimuli.
  • PCA is used to reduce multidimensional data sets to lower dimensions for analysis.
  • ICA is typically used to separate multiple components in a signal.
  • Monte Carlo relies on repeated random sampling to compute results.
  • an ERP scenario is developed at 407 to determine a subject, session and task specific response baseline. The baseline can then be used to enhance the sensitivity of other ERP responses to the tested stimuli.
  • stimuli can be presented and enhanced measurements determined multiple times to determine the variation or habituation profiles across multiple presentations. Determining the variation and/or habituation profiles provides an enhanced assessment of the primary responses as well as the longevity (wear-out) of the marketing and entertainment stimuli.
  • the synchronous response of multiple individuals to stimuli presented in concert is measured to determine an enhanced across subject synchrony measure of effectiveness. According to various embodiments, the synchronous response may be determined for multiple subjects residing in separate locations or for multiple subjects residing in the same location.
  • a variety of processes such as processes 421 , and 423 can be applied to a number of modalities, including EOG, eye tracking, GSR, facial emotion encoding, etc.
  • synthesis of data from mechanisms such as EOG and eye tracking can also benefit from the grouping objects of interest into temporally and spatially defined entities using micro and macro saccade patterns. Gaze, dwell, return of eye movements to primarily center around the defined entities of interest and inhibition of return to novel regions of the material being evaluated are measured to determine the degree of engagement and attention evoked by the stimulus.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a particular example of a cross-modality synthesis mechanism.
  • a variety of mechanisms such as EEG 501 , Eye Tracking 503 , GSR 505 , EOG 507 , and facial emotion encoding 509 are connected to a cross-modality synthesis mechanism.
  • Other mechanisms as well as variations and enhancements on existing mechanisms may also be included.
  • data from a specific modality can be enhanced using data from one or more other modalities.
  • EEG typically makes frequency measurements in different bands like alpha, beta and gamma to provide estimates of effectiveness.
  • the techniques of the present invention recognize that effectiveness measures can be enhanced further using information from other modalities.
  • facial emotion encoding measures can be used to enhance the valence of the EEG emotional engagement measure.
  • EOG and eye tracking saccadic measures of object entities can be used to enhance the EEG estimates of effectiveness including but not limited to attention, emotional engagement, and memory retention.
  • a cross-modality synthesis mechanism performs time and phase shifting of data to allow data from different modalities to align.
  • an EEG response will often occur hundreds of milliseconds before a facial emotion measurement changes.
  • Correlations can be drawn and time and phase shifts made on an individual as well as a group basis.
  • saccadic eye movements may be determined as occurring before and after particular EEG responses.
  • time corrected GSR measures are used to scale and enhance the EEG estimates of effectiveness including attention, emotional engagement and memory retention measures.
  • ERP measures are enhanced using EEG time-frequency measures (ERPSP) in response to the presentation of the marketing and entertainment stimuli.
  • ERP EEG time-frequency measures
  • Specific portions are extracted and isolated to identify ERP, DERP and ERPSP analyses to perform.
  • an EEG frequency estimation of attention, emotion and memory retention (ERPSP) is used as a co-factor in enhancing the ERP, DERP and time-domain response analysis.
  • EOG measures saccades to determine the presence of attention to specific objects of stimulus. Eye tracking measures the subject's gaze path, location and dwell on specific objects of stimulus. According to various embodiments, EOG and eye tracking is enhanced by measuring the presence of lambda waves (a neurophysiological index of saccade effectiveness) in the ongoing EEG in the occipital and extra striate regions, triggered by the slope of saccade-onset to estimate the effectiveness of the EOG and eye tracking measures. In particular embodiments, specific EEG signatures of activity such as slow potential shifts and measures of coherence in time-frequency responses at the Frontal Eye Field (FEF) regions that preceded saccade-onset are measured to enhance the effectiveness of the saccadic activity data.
  • FEF Frontal Eye Field
  • GSR typically measures the change in general arousal in response to stimulus presented.
  • GSR is enhanced by correlating EEG/ERP responses and the GSR measurement to get an enhanced estimate of subject engagement.
  • the GSR latency baselines are used in constructing a time-corrected GSR response to the stimulus.
  • the time-corrected GSR response is co-factored with the EEG measures to enhance GSR effectiveness measures.
  • facial emotion encoding uses templates generated by measuring facial muscle positions and movements of individuals expressing various emotions prior to the testing session. These individual specific facial emotion encoding templates are matched with the individual responses to identify subject emotional response. In particular embodiments, these facial emotion encoding measurements are enhanced by evaluating inter-hemispherical asymmetries in EEG responses in specific frequency bands and measuring frequency band interactions. The techniques of the present invention recognize that not only are particular frequency bands significant in EEG responses, but particular frequency bands used for communication between particular areas of the brain are significant. Consequently, these EEG responses enhance the EMG, graphic and video based facial emotion identification.
  • FIG. 6 is a flow process diagram showing a technique for obtaining neurological and neurophysiological data.
  • a protocol is generated and stimulus is provided to one or more subjects.
  • stimulus includes streaming video, media clips, printed materials, individual products, etc.
  • the protocol determines the parameters surrounding the presentation of stimulus, such as the number of times shown, the duration of the exposure, sequence of exposure, segments of the stimulus to be shown, etc.
  • Subjects may be isolated during exposure or may be presented materials in a group environment with or without supervision.
  • subject responses are collected using a variety of modalities, such as EEG, ERP, EOG, GSR, etc.
  • verbal and written responses can also be collected and correlated with neurological and neurophysiological responses.
  • data is passed through a data cleanser to remove noise and artifacts that may make data more difficult to interpret.
  • the data cleanser removes EEG electrical activity associated with blinking and other endogenous/exogenous artifacts.
  • intra-modality response synthesis is performed to enhance effectiveness measures.
  • cross-modality response synthesis is performed to further enhance effectiveness measures. It should be noted that in some particular instances, one type of synthesis may be performed without performing the other type of synthesis. For example, cross-modality response synthesis may be performed with or without intra-modality synthesis.
  • a composite enhanced effectiveness estimate is provided.
  • feedback is provided to the protocol generator and presenter device for additional evaluations. This feedback could be provided by the cross-modality response synthesizer or other mechanisms.
  • FIG. 7 provides one example of a system that can be used to implement one or more mechanisms.
  • the system shown in FIG. 7 may be used to implement a data cleanser device or a cross-modality responses synthesis device.
  • a system 700 suitable for implementing particular embodiments of the present invention includes a processor 701 , a memory 703 , an interface 711 , and a bus 715 (e.g., a PCI bus).
  • the processor 701 When acting under the control of appropriate software or firmware, the processor 701 is responsible for such tasks such as pattern generation.
  • Various specially configured devices can also be used in place of a processor 701 or in addition to processor 701 .
  • the complete implementation can also be done in custom hardware.
  • the interface 711 is typically configured to send and receive data packets or data segments over a network.
  • Particular examples of interfaces the device supports include host bus adapter (HBA) interfaces, Ethernet interfaces, frame relay interfaces, cable interfaces, DSL interfaces, token ring interfaces, and the like.
  • HBA host bus adapter
  • various very high-speed interfaces may be provided such as fast Ethernet interfaces, Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, ATM interfaces, HSSI interfaces, POS interfaces, FDDI interfaces and the like.
  • these interfaces may include ports appropriate for communication with the appropriate media.
  • they may also include an independent processor and, in some instances, volatile RAM.
  • the independent processors may control such communications intensive tasks as data synthesis.
  • the system 700 uses memory 703 to store data, algorithms and program instructions.
  • the program instructions may control the operation of an operating system and/or one or more applications, for example.
  • the memory or memories may also be configured to store received data and process received data.
  • the present invention relates to tangible, machine readable media that include program instructions, state information, etc. for performing various operations described herein.
  • machine-readable media include, but are not limited to, magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROM disks and DVDs; magneto-optical media such as optical disks; and hardware devices that are specially configured to store and perform program instructions, such as read-only memory devices (ROM) and random access memory (RAM).
  • program instructions include both machine code, such as produced by a compiler, and files containing higher level code that may be executed by the computer using an interpreter.

Abstract

An cross-modality response synthesizer analyzes and enhances central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector data to a evaluate subject response to stimuli. A data collection mechanism obtains response data from a subject exposed to stimuli, such as marketing and entertainment stimuli. The cross-modality response synthesizer aligns and combines response data from multiple modalities to provide more accurate determinations of the effectiveness of stimuli. For example, facial emotion encoding measures are aligned and combined with electroencephalography (EEG) to enhance the valence of an EEG emotional engagement measure.

Description

    CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
  • This application claims priority to Provisional Patent Application 60/908,742 (Docket No. 2007NF1) titled Advertising, Marketing, And Brand Effectiveness Analyzer Utilizing Central Nervous System, Autonomous Nervous System, And Effector System Measurements by Anantha Pradeep, Robert T. Knight, and Ramachandran Gurumoorthy, and filed on Mar. 27, 2007.
  • TECHNICAL FIELD
  • The present disclosure relates to analyzing and enhancing central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector data using cross-modality synthesis.
  • DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
  • Conventional systems for presenting stimuli and measuring the effectiveness of entertainment and marketing including advertising, brand messages, and product placement rely on either survey based evaluations or limited neurophysiological measurements used in isolation. These conventional systems provide some useful data but are highly inefficient and inaccurate due to a variety of semantic, syntactic, metaphorical, cultural, social, and interpretative errors and biases. The systems and techniques themselves used to obtain neurophysiological measurements are also highly limited.
  • Consequently, it is desirable to provide improved methods and apparatus for protocol generation and presentation of stimuli to allow measurement and analysis of neurological and neurophysiological data.
  • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
  • The disclosure may best be understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate particular example embodiments.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates one example of a system for determining the effectiveness of marketing and entertainment by using central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector measures.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a particular example of a system having an intelligent protocol generator and presenter device and individual mechanisms for intra-modality response synthesis.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a particular example of an intra-modality synthesis mechanism for Electroencephalography (EEG).
  • FIG. 4 illustrates another particular example of synthesis for Electroencephalography (EEG).
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a particular example of a cross-modality synthesis mechanism.
  • FIG. 6 is one example of a sample flow process diagram showing a technique for obtaining neurological and neurophysiological data.
  • FIG. 7 provides one example of a system that can be used to implement one or more mechanisms.
  • DESCRIPTION OF PARTICULAR EMBODIMENTS
  • Reference will now be made in detail to some specific examples of the invention including the best modes contemplated by the inventors for carrying out the invention. Examples of these specific embodiments are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. While the invention is described in conjunction with these specific embodiments, it will be understood that it is not intended to limit the invention to the described embodiments. On the contrary, it is intended to cover alternatives, modifications, and equivalents as may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
  • For example, the techniques and mechanisms of the present invention will be described in the context of evaluating entertainment and marketing effectiveness. However, it should be noted that the techniques and mechanisms of the present invention apply to a variety of different types of entertainment and marketing such as video and audio streams, media advertising, product placement, brand effectiveness, printed advertisements, etc. It should be noted that various mechanisms and techniques can be applied to any type of stimuli. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. Particular example embodiments of the present invention may be implemented without some or all of these specific details. In other instances, well known process operations have not been described in detail in order not to unnecessarily obscure the present invention.
  • Various techniques and mechanisms of the present invention will sometimes be described in singular form for clarity. However, it should be noted that some embodiments include multiple iterations of a technique or multiple instantiations of a mechanism unless noted otherwise. For example, a system uses a processor in a variety of contexts. However, it will be appreciated that a system can use multiple processors while remaining within the scope of the present invention unless otherwise noted. Furthermore, the techniques and mechanisms of the present invention will sometimes describe a connection between two entities. It should be noted that a connection between two entities does not necessarily mean a direct, unimpeded connection, as a variety of other entities may reside between the two entities. For example, a processor may be connected to memory, but it will be appreciated that a variety of bridges and controllers may reside between the processor and memory. Consequently, a connection does not necessarily mean a direct, unimpeded connection unless otherwise noted.
  • Overview
  • Central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector data is measured and analyzed to determine the effectiveness of marketing and entertainment stimuli. A data collection mechanism including multiple modalities such as Electroencephalography (EEG), Electrooculography (EOG), Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), etc., collects response data from subjects exposed to marketing and entertainment stimuli. A data cleanser mechanism filters the response data. The response data is enhanced using intra-modality response synthesis and/or a cross-modality response synthesis.
  • EXAMPLE EMBODIMENTS
  • Conventional mechanisms for obtaining information about the effectiveness of various types of stimuli such as marketing and entertainment materials have generally relied on focus groups and surveys. Subjects are provided with oral and written mechanisms for conveying their thoughts and feelings elicited in response to a particular advertisement, brand, media clip, etc. These oral and written mechanisms provide some limited information on the effectiveness of the marketing and entertainment materials, but have a variety of limitations. For example, subjects may be unable or unwilling to express their true thoughts and feelings about a topic, or questions may be phrased with built in bias. Articulate subjects may be given more weight than nonexpressive ones. A variety of semantic, syntactic, metaphorical, cultural, social and interpretive biases and errors prevent accurate and repeatable evaluation.
  • Some efforts have been made to use isolated neurological and neurophysiological measurements to gauge subject responses. Some examples of central nervous system measurement mechanisms include Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and Electroencephalography (EEG). fMRI measures blood oxygenation in the brain that correlates with increased neural activity. However, current implementations of fMRI have poor temporal resolution of few seconds. EEG measures electrical activity associated with post synaptic currents occurring in the milliseconds range. Subcranial EEG can measure electrical activity with the most accuracy, as the bone and dermal layers weaken transmission of a wide range of frequencies. Nonetheless, surface EEG provides a wealth of electrophysiological information if analyzed properly.
  • Autonomic nervous system measurement mechanisms include Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), Electrocardiograms (EKG), pupillary dilation, etc. Effector measurement mechanisms include Electrooculography (EOG), eye tracking, facial emotion encoding, reaction time etc.
  • Some conventional mechanisms cite a particular neurological or neurophysiological measurement characteristic as indicating a particular thought, feeling, mental state, or ability. For example, one mechanism purports that the contraction of a particular facial muscle indicates the presence of a particular emotion. Others measure general activity in particular areas of the brain and suggest that activity in one portion may suggest lying while activity in another portion may suggest truthfulness. However, these mechanisms are severely limited in their ability to accurately reflect a subject's actual thoughts. It is recognized that a particular region of the brain can not be mapped to a particular thought. Similarly, a particular eye movement can not be mapped to a particular emotion. Even when there is a strong correlation between a particular measured characteristic and a thought, feeling, or mental state, the correlations are not perfect, leading to a large number of false positives and false negatives.
  • Consequently, the techniques and mechanisms of the present invention intelligently blend multiple modes and manifestations of precognitive neural signatures with cognitive neural signatures and post cognitive neurophysiological manifestations to more accurately access the effectiveness of marketing and entertainment materials. In some examples, autonomic nervous system measures are themselves used to validate central nervous system measures. Effector and behavior responses are blended and combined with other measures.
  • Intra-modality measurement enhancements are made in addition to the cross-modality measurement mechanism enhancements. According to various embodiments, brain activity is measured not just to determine the regions of activity, but to determine interactions and types of interactions between various regions. The techniques and mechanisms of the present invention recognize that interactions between neural regions support orchestrated and organized behavior. Thoughts and abilities are not merely based on one part of the brain but instead rely on network interactions between brain regions.
  • The techniques and mechanisms of the present invention further recognize that different frequency bands used for multi-regional communication can be indicative of the effectiveness of stimuli. For example, associating a name to a particular face may entail activity in communication pathways tuned to particular frequencies. According to various embodiments, select frequency bands are analyzed after filtering. The techniques and mechanisms of the present invention also recognize that high gamma band frequencies have significance. Inter-frequency coupling in the signals have also been determined to indicate effectiveness. Signals modulated on a carrier wave have also been determined to be important in evaluating thoughts and actions. In particular embodiments, the types of frequencies measured are subject and/or task specific. For example, particular types of frequencies in specific pathways are measured if a subject is being exposed to a new product.
  • In particular embodiments, evaluations are calibrated to each subject and synchronized across subjects. In particular embodiments, templates are created for subjects to create a baseline for measuring pre and post stimulus differentials. According to various embodiments, stimulus generators are intelligent, and adaptively modify specific parameters such as exposure length and duration for each subject being analyzed.
  • Consequently, the techniques and mechanisms of the present invention provide a central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector measurement and analysis system that can be applied to evaluate the effectiveness of materials such as marketing and entertainment materials. Marketing materials may include advertisements, commercials, media clips, brand messages, product brochures, company logos, etc. An intelligent stimulus generation mechanism intelligently adapts output for particular users and purposes. A variety of modalities can be used including EEG, GSR, EKG, pupillary dilation, EOG, eye tracking, facial emotion encoding, reaction time, etc. Individual modalities such as EEG are enhanced by intelligently recognizing neural region communication pathways. Cross modality analysis is enhanced using a synthesis and analytical blending of central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector signatures. Synthesis and analysis by mechanisms such as time and phase shifting, correlating, and validating intra-modal determinations allow generation of a composite output characterizing the effectiveness of various stimuli.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates one example of a system for determining the effectiveness of marketing and entertainment by using central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector measures. According to various embodiments, the neuro analysis system includes a protocol generator and presenter device 101. In particular embodiments, the protocol generator and presenter device 101 is merely a presenter device and merely presents stimuli to a user. The stimuli may be a media clip, a commercial, a brand image, a magazine advertisement, a movie, an audio presentation, particular tastes, smells, textures and/or sounds. The stimuli can involve a variety of senses and occur with or without human supervision. Continuous and discrete modes are supported. According to various embodiments, the protocol generator and presenter device 101 also has protocol generation capability to allow intelligent customization of stimuli provided to a subject.
  • According to various embodiments, the subjects are connected to data collection devices 105. The data collection devices 105 may include a variety of neurological and neurophysiological measurement mechanisms such as EEG, EOG, GSR, EKG, pupilary dilation, eye tracking, facial emotion encoding, and reaction time devices, etc. In particular embodiments, the data collection devices 105 include EEG 111, EOG 113, and GSR 115. In some instances, only a single data collection device is used. Data collection may proceed with or without human supervision.
  • The data collection device 105 collects neuro-physiological data from multiple sources. This includes a combination of devices such as central nervous system sources (EEG), autonomic nervous system sources (GSR, EKG, pupilary dilation), and effector sources (EOG, eye tracking, facial emotion encoding, reaction time). In particular embodiments, data collected is digitally sampled and stored for later analysis. In particular embodiments, the data collected could be analyzed in real-time. According to particular embodiments, the digital sampling rates are adaptively chosen based on the neurophysiological and neurological data being measured.
  • In one particular embodiment, the neurological and neurophysiological analysis system includes EEG 111 measurements made using scalp level electrodes, EOG 113 measurements made using shielded electrodes to track eye data, GSR 115 measurements performed using a differential measurement system, a facial muscular measurement through shielded electrodes placed at specific locations on the face, and a facial affect graphic and video analyzer adaptively derived for each individual.
  • In particular embodiments, the data collection devices are clock synchronized with a protocol generator and presenter device 101. The data collection system 105 can collect data from a single individual (1 system), or can be modified to collect synchronized data from multiple individuals (N+1 system). The N+1 system may include multiple individuals synchronously tested in isolation or in a group setting. In particular embodiments, the data collection devices also include a condition evaluation subsystem that provides auto triggers, alerts and status monitoring and visualization components that continuously monitor the status of the subject, data being collected, and the data collection instruments. The condition evaluation subsystem may also present visual alerts and automatically trigger remedial actions.
  • According to various embodiments, the neurological and neurophysiological analysis system also includes a data cleanser device 121. In particular embodiments, the data cleanser device 121 filters the collected data to remove noise, artifacts, and other irrelevant data using fixed and adaptive filtering, weighted averaging, advanced component extraction (like PCA, ICA), vector and component separation methods, etc. This device cleanses the data by removing both exogenous noise (where the source is outside the physiology of the subject) and endogenous artifacts (where the source could be neurophysiological like muscle movement, eye blinks, etc.).
  • The artifact removal subsystem includes mechanisms to selectively isolate and review the response data and identify epochs with time domain and/or frequency domain attributes that correspond to artifacts such as line frequency, eye blinks, and muscle movements. The artifact removal subsystem then cleanses the artifacts by either omitting these epochs, or by replacing these epoch data with an estimate based on the other clean data (for example, an EEG nearest neighbor weighted averaging approach).
  • According to various embodiments, the data cleanser device 121 is implemented using hardware, firmware, and/or software. It should be noted that although a data cleanser device 121 is shown located after a data collection device 105 and before synthesis devices 131 and 141, the data cleanser device 121 like other components may have a location and functionality that varies based on system implementation. For example, some systems may not use any automated data cleanser device whatsoever. In other systems, data cleanser devices may be integrated into individual data collection devices.
  • The data cleanser device 121 passes data to the intra-modality response synthesizer 131. The intra-modality response synthesizer 131 is configured to customize and extract the independent neurological and neurophysiological parameters for each individual in each modality and blend the estimates within a modality analytically to elicit an enhanced response to the presented stimuli. In particular embodiments, the intra-modality response synthesizer also aggregates data from different subjects in a dataset.
  • According to various embodiments, the cross-modality response synthesis or fusion device 141 blends different intra-modality responses, including raw signals and signals output from synthesizer 131. The combination of signals enhances the measures of effectiveness within a modality. The cross-modality response fusion device 141 can also aggregate data from different subjects in a dataset.
  • According to various embodiments, the system also includes a composite enhanced effectiveness estimator (CEEE) that combines the enhanced responses and estimates from each modality to provide a blended estimate of the effectiveness of the marketing and entertainment stimuli for various purposes. Stimulus effectiveness measures are output at 161.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a particular example of a system having an intelligent protocol generator and presenter device (where the intelligence could include a feedback based on prior responses) and individual mechanisms for intra-modality response synthesis.
  • According to various embodiments, the system includes a protocol generator and presenter device 201. In particular embodiments, the protocol generator and presenter device 201 is merely a presenter device and merely presents preconfigured stimuli to a user. The stimuli may be media clips, commercials, brand images, magazine advertisements, movies, audio presentations, particular tastes, textures, smells, and/or sounds. The stimuli can involve a variety of senses and occur with or without human supervision. Continuous and discrete modes are supported. According to various embodiments, the protocol generator and presenter device 201 also has protocol generation capability to allow intelligent modification of the types of stimuli provided to a subject. In particular embodiments, the protocol generator and presenter device 201 receives information about stimulus effectiveness measures from component 261.
  • The protocol generator and presenter device 201 dynamical adapts stimuli presentation by using information from the analysis of attention, analysis of emotional engagement, analysis of memory retention, analysis of overall visual, audio, other sensory effectiveness, and ad, show, or content effectiveness, implicit analysis of brand impact, implicit analysis of brand meaning, implicit analysis of brand archetype, implicit analysis of brand imagery, implicit analysis of brand words, explicit analysis of brand impact, explicit analysis of brand meaning, explicit analysis of brand archetype, explicit analysis of brand imagery, explicit analysis of brand words; analysis of characters in the ad, analysis of emotive response to characters in the ad/show/content, analysis of character interaction in the ad/show/content; elicitation of core components of the ad/show/content for print purposes, elicitation of core components of the ad/show/content for billboard purposes; elicitation of the ocular metrics like hot-zones in the ad/show/content by eye dwell time, micro and macro saccade separation, saccadic returns to points of interest; elicitation of points for product placement, elicitation of points for logo and brand placement; analysis of game effectiveness, analysis of product placement in games; analysis of website effectiveness, webpage dropoff in a site. According to various embodiments, the information is provided by component 261. In particular embodiments, the protocol generator and presenter device 201 can itself obtain some of this information
  • The protocol generator and presenter device 201 uses a data model along with linguistic and image tools like valence, arousal, meaning matched word/phrase generators, valence and arousal matched image/video selectors to generate parameters regarding the experiment. In particular examples, the protocol generator and presenter device 201 may vary individual presentation parameters like time and duration of the experiment, the number of repetitions of the stimuli based on signal to noise requirements, and the number and repetitions of the stimuli for habituation and wear-out studies, the type and number of neuro-physiological baselines, and the self reporting surveys to include.
  • In particular examples, the protocol generator and presenter device 201 customizes presentations to a group of subjects or to individual subjects. According to various embodiments, the subjects are connected to data collection devices 205. The data collection devices 205 may involve any type of neurological and neurophysiological mechanism such as EEG, EOG, GSR, EKG, pupilary dilation, eye tracking, facial emotion encoding, reaction rime, etc. In particular embodiments, the data collection devices 205 include EEG 211, EOG 213, and GSR 215. In some instances, only a single modality is used. In other instances, multiple modalities are used and may vary depending on the type of effectiveness evaluation. Data collection may proceed without or without human supervision.
  • The data collection device 205 automatically collects neuro-physiological data from multiple sources. This includes a combination of devices such as central nervous system sources (EEG), autonomic nervous system sources (GSR, EKG, pupillary dilation), and effector sources (EOG, eye tracking, facial emotion encoding, reaction time). In particular embodiments, data collected is digitally sampled and stored for later analysis. The digital sampling rates are adaptively chosen based on the type of neurophysiological and neurological data being measured.
  • In particular embodiments, the system includes EEG 211 measurements made using scalp level electrodes, EOG 213 measurements made using shielded electrodes to track eye data, GSR 215 measurements performed using a differential measurement system, and a facial affect graphic and video analyzer adaptively derived for each individual.
  • According to various embodiments, the data collection devices are clock synchronized with a protocol generator and presenter device 201. The data collection system 205 can collect data from a single individual (1 system), or can be modified to collect synchronized data from multiple individuals (N+1 system). The N+1 system could include multiple individuals synchronously recorded in a group setting or in isolation. In particular embodiments, the data collection devices also include a condition evaluation subsystem that provides auto triggers, alerts and status monitoring and visualization components that continuously monitor the status of the data being collected as well as the status of the data collection instruments themselves. The condition evaluation subsystem may also present visual alerts and automatically trigger remedial actions.
  • According to various embodiments, the system also includes a data cleanser device 221. In particular embodiments, the data cleanser device 221 filters the collected data to remove noise, artifacts, and other irrelevant data using fixed and adaptive filtering, weighted averaging, advanced component extraction (like PCA, ICA), vector and component separation methods, etc. This device cleanses the data by removing both exogenous noise (where the source is outside the physiology of the subject) and endogenous artifacts (where the source could be neurophysiological like muscle movement, eye blinks).
  • The artifact removal subsystem includes mechanisms to selectively isolate and review the output of each of the data and identify epochs with time domain and/or frequency domain attributes that correspond to artifacts such as line frequency, eye blinks, and muscle movements. The artifact removal subsystem then cleanses the artifacts by either omitting these epochs, or by replacing these epoch data with an estimate based on the other clean data (for example, an EEG nearest neighbor weighted averaging approach), or removes these components from the signal.
  • According to various embodiments, the data cleanser device 221 is implemented using hardware, firmware, and/or software. It should be noted that although a data cleanser device 221 is shown located after a data collection device 205 and before synthesis devices 231 and 241, the data cleanser device 221 like other components may have a location and functionality that varies based on system implementation. For example, some systems may not use any automated data cleanser device whatsoever. In other systems, data cleanser devices may be integrated into individual data collection devices.
  • The data cleanser device 221 passes data to the intra-modality response synthesizer 231. The intra-modality response synthesizer is configured to customize and extract the independent neurological and neurophysiological parameters for each individual in each modality and blend the estimates within a modality analytically to elicit an enhanced response to the presented stimuli. In particular embodiments, the intra-modality response synthesizer also aggregates data from different subjects in a dataset. According to various embodiments, various modules perform synthesis in parallel or in series, and can operate on data directly output from a data cleanser device 221 or operate on data output from other modules. For example, EEG synthesis module 233 can operate on the output of EOG synthesis module 235. GSR module 237 can operate on data output from EEG module 233.
  • According to various embodiments, the cross-modality response synthesis or fusion device 241 blends different intra-modality responses, including raw signals as well as signals output from synthesizer 231. The combination of signals enhances the measures of effectiveness within a modality. The cross-modality response fusion device 241 can also aggregate data from different subjects in a dataset.
  • According to various embodiments, the neuro analysis system also includes a composite enhanced effectiveness estimator (CEEE) that combines the enhanced responses and estimates from each modality to provide a blended estimate of the effectiveness of the marketing and advertising stimuli for various purposes. Stimulus effectiveness measures are output at 261. A portion or all of the effectiveness measures (intra-modality synthesizer, cross modality fusion device, and/or the CEEE) can be provided as feedback to a protocol generator and presenter device 201 to further customize stimuli presented to users 203.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a particular example of an intra-modality synthesis mechanism. In particular embodiments, EEG response data is synthesized to provide an enhanced assessment of marketing and entertainment effectiveness. According to various embodiments, EEG measures electrical activity resulting from thousands of simultaneous neural processes associated with different portions of the brain. EEG data can be classified in various bands. According to various embodiments, brainwave frequencies includes delta, theta, alpha, beta, and gamma frequency ranges. Delta waves are classified as those less than 4 Hz and are prominent during deep sleep. Theta waves have frequencies between 3.5 to 7.5 Hz and are associated with memories, attention, emotions, and sensations. Theta waves are typically prominent during states of internal focus.
  • Alpha frequencies reside between 7.5 and 13 Hz and typically peak around 10 Hz. Alpha waves are prominent during states of relaxation. Beta waves have a frequency range between 14 and 30 Hz. Beta waves are prominent during states of motor control, long range synchronization between brain areas, analytical problem solving, judgment, and decision making. Gamma waves occur between 30 and 60 Hz and are involved inbinding of different populations of neurons together into a network for the purpose of carrying out a certain cognitive or motor function, as well as in attention and memory. Because the skull and dermal layers attenuate waves in this frequency range, brain waves above 75-80 Hz are difficult to detect and are often not used for stimuli response assessment.
  • However, the techniques and mechanisms of the present invention recognize that analyzing high gamma band (kappa-band: Above 60 Hz) measurements, in addition to theta, alpha, beta, and low gamma band measurements, enhances neurological attention, emotional engagement and retention component estimates. In particular embodiments, EEG measurements including difficult to detect high gamma or kappa band measurements are obtained, enhanced, and evaluated at 301. At 303, subject and task specific signature sub-bands in the theta, alpha, beta, gamma and kappa bands are identified to provide enhanced response estimates. According to various embodiments, high gamma waves (kappa-band) above 80 Hz (typically detectable with sub-cranial EEG and magnetoencephalograophy) can be used in inverse model-based enhancement of the frequency responses to the stimuli.
  • Various embodiments of the present invention recognize that particular sub-bands within each frequency range have particular prominence during certain activities. A subset of the frequencies in a particular band is referred to herein as a sub-band. For example, a sub-band may include the 40-45 Hz range within the gamma band. In particular embodiments, multiple sub-bands within the different bands are selected while remaining frequencies are band pass filtered. In particular embodiments, multiple sub-band responses may be enhanced, while the remaining frequency responses may be attenuated.
  • At 305, inter-regional coherencies of the sub-band measurements are determined. According to various embodiments, inter-regional coherencies are determined using gain and phase coherences, Bayesian references, mutual information theoretic measures of independence and directionality, and Granger causality techniques of the EEG response in the different bands. In particular embodiments, inter-regional coherencies are determined using fuzzy logic to estimate effectiveness of the stimulus in evoking specific type of responses in individual subjects.
  • At 307, inter-hemispheric time-frequency measurements are evaluated. In particular embodiments, asymmetries in specific band powers, asymmetries in inter-regional intra-hemispheric coherences, and asymmetries in inter-regional intra-hemisphere inter-frequency coupling are analyzed to provide measures of emotional engagement.
  • At 309, inter-frequency coupling assessments of the response are determined. In particular embodiments, a coupling index corresponding to the measure of specific band activity in synchrony with the phase of other band activity is determined to ascertain the significance of the marketing and advertising stimulus or sub-sections thereof. At 313, a reference scalp power frequency curve is determined using a baseline electrocorticogram (ECoG) power by frequency function driven model. The reference scale power frequency curve is compared to an individual scalp record power by frequency curve to derive scaled estimates of marketing and entertainment effectiveness. According to various embodiments, scaled estimates are derived used fuzzy scaling.
  • At 315, an information theory based band-weighting model is used for adaptive extraction of selective dataset specific, subject specific, task specific bands to enhance the effectiveness measure. Adaptive extraction may be performed using fuzzy scaling. At 321, stimuli can be presented and enhanced measurements determined multiple times to determine the variation or habituation profiles across multiple presentations. Determining the variation and/or habituation profiles provides an enhanced assessment of the primary responses as well as the longevity (wear-out) of the marketing and entertainment stimuli. At 323, the synchronous response of multiple individuals to stimuli presented in concert is measured to determine an enhanced across subject synchrony measure of effectiveness. According to various embodiments, the synchronous response may be determined for multiple subjects residing in separate locations or for multiple subjects residing in the same location.
  • Although a variety of synthesis mechanisms are described, it should be recognized that any number of mechanisms can be applied—in sequence or in parallel with or without interaction between the mechanisms. In some examples, processes 321 and 323 can be applied to any modality. FIG. 4 illustrates a particular example of synthesis for Electroencephalography (EEG) data, including ERP and continuous EEG.
  • ERPs can be reliably measured using electroencephalography (EEG), a procedure that measures electrical activity of the brain. Although an EEG reflects thousands of simultaneously ongoing brain processes, the brain response to a certain stimulus may not be visible using EEG. ERP data includes cognitive neurophysiological responses that manifests after the stimulus is presented. In many instances, it is difficult to see an ERP after the presentation of a single stimulus. The most robust ERPs are seen after tens or hundreds of individual presentations are combined. This combination removes noise in the data and allows the voltage response to the stimulus to stand out more clearly. In addition to averaging the embodiment includes techniques to extract single trial evoked information from the ongoing EEG.
  • While evoked potentials reflect the processing of the physical stimulus, event-related potentials are caused by the “higher” processes, that might involve memory, expectation, attention, or changes in the mental state, among others. According to various embodiments, evidence of the occurrence or non-occurrence of specific time domain components in specific regions of the brain are used to measure subject responsiveness to specific stimulus.
  • According to various embodiments, ERP data can be enhanced using a variety of mechanisms. At 401, event related time-frequency analysis of stimulus response—event related power spectral perturbations (ERPSPs)—is performed across multiple frequency bands such as theta, delta, alpha, beta, gamma and high gamma (kappa). According to various embodiments, a baseline ERP is determined. At 403, a differential event related potential (DERP) is evaluated to assess stimulus attributable differential responses.
  • At 405, a variety of analysis techniques including principal component analysis (PCA), independent component analysis (ICA), and Monte Carlos analysis can be applied to evaluate an ordered ranking of the effectiveness across multiple stimuli. In particular embodiments, PCA is used to reduce multidimensional data sets to lower dimensions for analysis. ICA is typically used to separate multiple components in a signal. Monte Carlo relies on repeated random sampling to compute results. According to various embodiments, an ERP scenario is developed at 407 to determine a subject, session and task specific response baseline. The baseline can then be used to enhance the sensitivity of other ERP responses to the tested stimuli.
  • At 421, stimuli can be presented and enhanced measurements determined multiple times to determine the variation or habituation profiles across multiple presentations. Determining the variation and/or habituation profiles provides an enhanced assessment of the primary responses as well as the longevity (wear-out) of the marketing and entertainment stimuli. At 423, the synchronous response of multiple individuals to stimuli presented in concert is measured to determine an enhanced across subject synchrony measure of effectiveness. According to various embodiments, the synchronous response may be determined for multiple subjects residing in separate locations or for multiple subjects residing in the same location.
  • A variety of processes such as processes 421, and 423 can be applied to a number of modalities, including EOG, eye tracking, GSR, facial emotion encoding, etc. In addition, synthesis of data from mechanisms such as EOG and eye tracking can also benefit from the grouping objects of interest into temporally and spatially defined entities using micro and macro saccade patterns. Gaze, dwell, return of eye movements to primarily center around the defined entities of interest and inhibition of return to novel regions of the material being evaluated are measured to determine the degree of engagement and attention evoked by the stimulus.
  • Although intra-modality synthesis mechanisms provide enhanced effectiveness data, additional cross-modality synthesis mechanisms can also be applied. FIG. 5 illustrates a particular example of a cross-modality synthesis mechanism. A variety of mechanisms such as EEG 501, Eye Tracking 503, GSR 505, EOG 507, and facial emotion encoding 509 are connected to a cross-modality synthesis mechanism. Other mechanisms as well as variations and enhancements on existing mechanisms may also be included. According to various embodiments, data from a specific modality can be enhanced using data from one or more other modalities. In particular embodiments, EEG typically makes frequency measurements in different bands like alpha, beta and gamma to provide estimates of effectiveness. However, the techniques of the present invention recognize that effectiveness measures can be enhanced further using information from other modalities.
  • For example, facial emotion encoding measures can be used to enhance the valence of the EEG emotional engagement measure. EOG and eye tracking saccadic measures of object entities can be used to enhance the EEG estimates of effectiveness including but not limited to attention, emotional engagement, and memory retention. According to various embodiments, a cross-modality synthesis mechanism performs time and phase shifting of data to allow data from different modalities to align. In some examples, it is recognized that an EEG response will often occur hundreds of milliseconds before a facial emotion measurement changes. Correlations can be drawn and time and phase shifts made on an individual as well as a group basis. In other examples, saccadic eye movements may be determined as occurring before and after particular EEG responses. According to various embodiments, time corrected GSR measures are used to scale and enhance the EEG estimates of effectiveness including attention, emotional engagement and memory retention measures.
  • Evidence of the occurrence or non-occurrence of specific time domain difference event-related potential components (like the DERP) in specific regions correlates with subject responsiveness to specific stimulus. According to various embodiments, ERP measures are enhanced using EEG time-frequency measures (ERPSP) in response to the presentation of the marketing and entertainment stimuli. Specific portions are extracted and isolated to identify ERP, DERP and ERPSP analyses to perform. In particular embodiments, an EEG frequency estimation of attention, emotion and memory retention (ERPSP) is used as a co-factor in enhancing the ERP, DERP and time-domain response analysis.
  • EOG measures saccades to determine the presence of attention to specific objects of stimulus. Eye tracking measures the subject's gaze path, location and dwell on specific objects of stimulus. According to various embodiments, EOG and eye tracking is enhanced by measuring the presence of lambda waves (a neurophysiological index of saccade effectiveness) in the ongoing EEG in the occipital and extra striate regions, triggered by the slope of saccade-onset to estimate the effectiveness of the EOG and eye tracking measures. In particular embodiments, specific EEG signatures of activity such as slow potential shifts and measures of coherence in time-frequency responses at the Frontal Eye Field (FEF) regions that preceded saccade-onset are measured to enhance the effectiveness of the saccadic activity data.
  • GSR typically measures the change in general arousal in response to stimulus presented. According to various embodiments, GSR is enhanced by correlating EEG/ERP responses and the GSR measurement to get an enhanced estimate of subject engagement. The GSR latency baselines are used in constructing a time-corrected GSR response to the stimulus. The time-corrected GSR response is co-factored with the EEG measures to enhance GSR effectiveness measures.
  • According to various embodiments, facial emotion encoding uses templates generated by measuring facial muscle positions and movements of individuals expressing various emotions prior to the testing session. These individual specific facial emotion encoding templates are matched with the individual responses to identify subject emotional response. In particular embodiments, these facial emotion encoding measurements are enhanced by evaluating inter-hemispherical asymmetries in EEG responses in specific frequency bands and measuring frequency band interactions. The techniques of the present invention recognize that not only are particular frequency bands significant in EEG responses, but particular frequency bands used for communication between particular areas of the brain are significant. Consequently, these EEG responses enhance the EMG, graphic and video based facial emotion identification.
  • FIG. 6 is a flow process diagram showing a technique for obtaining neurological and neurophysiological data. At 601, a protocol is generated and stimulus is provided to one or more subjects. According to various embodiments, stimulus includes streaming video, media clips, printed materials, individual products, etc. The protocol determines the parameters surrounding the presentation of stimulus, such as the number of times shown, the duration of the exposure, sequence of exposure, segments of the stimulus to be shown, etc. Subjects may be isolated during exposure or may be presented materials in a group environment with or without supervision. At 603, subject responses are collected using a variety of modalities, such as EEG, ERP, EOG, GSR, etc. In some examples, verbal and written responses can also be collected and correlated with neurological and neurophysiological responses. At 605, data is passed through a data cleanser to remove noise and artifacts that may make data more difficult to interpret. According to various embodiments, the data cleanser removes EEG electrical activity associated with blinking and other endogenous/exogenous artifacts.
  • At 611, intra-modality response synthesis is performed to enhance effectiveness measures. At 613, cross-modality response synthesis is performed to further enhance effectiveness measures. It should be noted that in some particular instances, one type of synthesis may be performed without performing the other type of synthesis. For example, cross-modality response synthesis may be performed with or without intra-modality synthesis. At 615, a composite enhanced effectiveness estimate is provided. At 621, feedback is provided to the protocol generator and presenter device for additional evaluations. This feedback could be provided by the cross-modality response synthesizer or other mechanisms.
  • According to various embodiments, various mechanisms such as the data collection mechanisms, the intra-modality synthesis mechanisms, cross-modality synthesis mechanisms, etc. are implemented on multiple devices. However, it is also possible that the various mechanisms be implemented in hardware, firmware, and/or software in a single system. FIG. 7 provides one example of a system that can be used to implement one or more mechanisms. For example, the system shown in FIG. 7 may be used to implement a data cleanser device or a cross-modality responses synthesis device.
  • According to particular example embodiments, a system 700 suitable for implementing particular embodiments of the present invention includes a processor 701, a memory 703, an interface 711, and a bus 715 (e.g., a PCI bus). When acting under the control of appropriate software or firmware, the processor 701 is responsible for such tasks such as pattern generation. Various specially configured devices can also be used in place of a processor 701 or in addition to processor 701. The complete implementation can also be done in custom hardware. The interface 711 is typically configured to send and receive data packets or data segments over a network. Particular examples of interfaces the device supports include host bus adapter (HBA) interfaces, Ethernet interfaces, frame relay interfaces, cable interfaces, DSL interfaces, token ring interfaces, and the like.
  • In addition, various very high-speed interfaces may be provided such as fast Ethernet interfaces, Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, ATM interfaces, HSSI interfaces, POS interfaces, FDDI interfaces and the like. Generally, these interfaces may include ports appropriate for communication with the appropriate media. In some cases, they may also include an independent processor and, in some instances, volatile RAM. The independent processors may control such communications intensive tasks as data synthesis.
  • According to particular example embodiments, the system 700 uses memory 703 to store data, algorithms and program instructions. The program instructions may control the operation of an operating system and/or one or more applications, for example. The memory or memories may also be configured to store received data and process received data.
  • Because such information and program instructions may be employed to implement the systems/methods described herein, the present invention relates to tangible, machine readable media that include program instructions, state information, etc. for performing various operations described herein. Examples of machine-readable media include, but are not limited to, magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROM disks and DVDs; magneto-optical media such as optical disks; and hardware devices that are specially configured to store and perform program instructions, such as read-only memory devices (ROM) and random access memory (RAM). Examples of program instructions include both machine code, such as produced by a compiler, and files containing higher level code that may be executed by the computer using an interpreter.
  • Although the foregoing invention has been described in some detail for purposes of clarity of understanding, it will be apparent that certain changes and modifications may be practiced within the scope of the appended claims. Therefore, the present embodiments are to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive and the invention is not to be limited to the details given herein, but may be modified within the scope and equivalents of the appended claims.

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1. A system, comprising:
a data collection mechanism including a plurality of modalities operable to obtain response data from a subject exposed to stimuli, the response data including central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector data;
a cross-modality response synthesizer operable to analyze response data from the plurality of modalities to evaluate effectiveness of stimuli, wherein response data from a first modality is aligned and combined with response data from a second modality.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein aligning response data from a first data with response data from a second modality comprises time and phase shifting.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein alignment is made on an individual or group basis.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein facial emotion encoding measures are aligned and combined with electroencephalography (EEG) to enhance the valence of the EEG emotional engagement measure.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein electrooculography (EOG) and eye tracking saccadic measures of object entities are aligned and combined with electroencephalography to determine attention, emotional engagement, and memory retention.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) measures are aligned and combined with electroencephalography (EEG) to enhance estimates of effectiveness.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the data collection mechanism comprises electroencephalography (EEG) and electrooculography (EOG)
8. The system of claim 7, wherein combined time-frequency responses of ongoing EEG are determined to extract single trial evoked information
9. The system of claim 7, wherein the data collection mechanism further comprises Galvanic Skin Response (GSR).
10. The system of claim 1, wherein individual specific facial emotion encoding templates are matched with individual responses to enhance the identification of subject emotional response.
11. A method, comprising:
receiving response data collected using a plurality of modalities, the response data including central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector data resulting from exposure of a subject to stimuli;
aligning response data obtained from a first modality with response data obtained from a second modality;
combining the aligned response data from the first modality and the response data from the second modality to obtain an enhanced measure of effectiveness of stimuli.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein aligning response data from a first data with response data from a second modality comprises time and phase shifting.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein alignment is made on an individual or group basis.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein facial emotion encoding measures are aligned and combined with electroencephalography (EEG) to enhance the valence of the EEG emotional engagement measure.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein electrooculography (EOG) and eye tracking saccadic measures of object entities are aligned and combined with electroencephalography to determine attention, emotional engagement, and memory retention.
16. The method of claim 11, wherein Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) measures are aligned and combined with electroencephalography (EEG) to enhance estimates of effectiveness.
17. The method of claim 11, wherein response data is collected using electroencephalography (EEG) and electrooculography (EOG)
18. The method of claim 17, wherein combined time-frequency responses of ongoing EEG are determined to extract single trial evoked information
19. The method of claim 17, wherein the response data is collected using Galvanic Skin Response (GSR).
20. The method of claim 11, wherein individual specific facial emotion encoding templates are matched with individual responses to enhance the identification of subject emotional response.
21. An apparatus, comprising:
means for receiving response data collected using a plurality of modalities, the response data including central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector data resulting from exposure of a subject to stimuli;
means for aligning response data obtained from a first modality with response data obtained from a second modality;
means for combining the aligned response data from the first modality and the response data from the second modality to obtain an enhanced measure of effectiveness of stimuli.
22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein aligning response data from a first data with response data from a second modality comprises time and phase shifting.
23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein alignment is made on an individual or group basis.
24. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein facial emotion encoding measures are aligned and combined with electroencephalography (EEG) to enhance the valence of the EEG emotional engagement measure.
25. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein electrooculography (EOG) and eye tracking saccadic measures of object entities are aligned and combined with electroencephalography to determine attention, emotional engagement, and memory retention.
26. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) measures are aligned and combined with electroencephalography (EEG) to enhance estimates of effectiveness.
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