Veni vidi vici: methodological synergy!

This paper seeks to demonstrate the effects and effectiveness of a synergistic usage of two powerful yet passive research tools: ethnography and neuroscience.

Veni vidi vici: methodological synergy!

Neil McPheeNuance Research, United Kingdom

Peter LaybourneNeuroco Ltd and Fathom International Ltd, United Kingdom

INTRODUCTION

Our paper seeks to demonstrate the effects and effectiveness of a synergistic usage of two powerful yet passive research tools: Ethnography and Neuroscience. The one seeks to enter a respondent's world and observe and learn from this immersion and the latter seeks to enter a respondent's mind and do likewise.

In the world of research, it is often impossible for us to invent something new: after all, we are basing most of our approach on extremely well-established routes...

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