CBR12 · Consumer Behavior Research

In-Home TV Attention

When the ads come on, are you still winning their attention—and how do they really feel?

Attention + emotion rating inside the real home.
In-Home TV Attention research scene
Attention + emotion rating inside the real home.In-Home TV Attention

When the ads come on, are you still winning their attention—and how do they really feel?

Consumer Behavior ResearchHead TrackingEmotion RecognitionHomeTvAdvertising
FIELDConsumer Behavior Research
EXECUTIONIn-person execution
TECHNOLOGY PATHHead Tracking · Emotion Recognition
STUDY CODECBR12
The research question

When the ads come on, are you still winning their attention—and how do they really feel?

In-Home TV Attention measures what happens inside the household when television advertising begins. Head Tracking identifies whether each household profile remains screen-facing, looks away or shifts toward a second screen, while emotion recognition reconstructs the emotional response to each advertisement.

ParticipantsHouseholds configured as packages, with up to 5 individual profiles measured in front of the TV in each home.
Minimum sampleHousehold packages · up to 5 people per home
DurationStandard packages: 1 hour · 2 hours · 3 hours. Longer observation is AD HOC.
Research environments
Real home · natural television viewing
Technology configuration

Measurement follows the task

The technology path shown here is the approved structure for this service. The exact protocol is configured around the research question, environment and participant flow.

01 · ProtocolHead Tracking + Emotion Recognition
Typical protocol · Consumer Behavior Research

How this study is executed.

The protocol below reflects the service definition developed for Neuro Garage. Final details are confirmed before execution.

01

Define the household package, program / daypart, commercial blocks and profile structure inside each home.

02

Configure up to five individual household profiles and run the observation during natural TV viewing.

03

Measure screen-facing time, look-away and head-down behavior, second-screen episodes, attention loss, return-to-screen and continuity of attention.

04

Synchronize the same timeline with emotional response for every advertisement and household profile.

05

Produce Attention & Emotion Rating by Ad and translate the results into program, position-in-break, creative, duration, frequency and media-investment decisions.

Typical outputs

What this specific study can produce

01Attention & Emotion Rating by Ad
02Commercial Break Retention
03Attention timeline
04Emotion timeline
05% still watching by ad
06Attention drop by ad
07Second-screen episodes
08Time-to-distraction
09Time-to-return
10Dominant emotion by ad
11Emotional intensity by ad
12Strongest / weakest ads
13Program vs advertising comparison
14Results by household profile
15Household aggregate rating
Decisions supported

What the client can change with the evidence

The study is designed to translate observed behavior into concrete operational, people, design or risk-management decisions.

01Compare advertisements
02Select programs / dayparts
03Optimize position inside the commercial break
04Optimize spot duration
05Improve creative
06Optimize frequency
07Optimize TV media investment
Industry references / comparable applications

Who has used comparable research approaches?

Publicly documented examples from companies and institutions worldwide. These organizations are not presented as Neuro Garage clients, and the examples do not imply they purchased this exact Neuro Garage protocol.

Scientific configuration

The method follows the question

Technology is selected because it is scientifically appropriate for the research objective, not because a device must be used. Santiago configures the study scope, stimuli, participant flow and measurement path before execution.

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