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Parameter atlas

33 parameters the method measures — none of them an opinion

Neurophysiology gives the ground truth, cognition explains the cost, affect explains the encoding, causality proves the effect, AI extrapolates it, ethics constrains it.

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What is measured, and why it matters to your business

Every parameter below is a real measurable quantity — attention, emotion, effort, memory, causal effect, model accuracy — with a healthy operating range. Outside that range, revenue is being lost in a specific, identifiable way.

  • The unit tells you how it is measured.
  • The band tells you what healthy looks like.
  • The meaning tells you what it costs when it slips.

Standard scientific acronyms and units (EEG, fMRI, ms, Hz) remain in their internationally used form; all explanations are in your language.

N-01 · L1weight ×1.4

Frontal Alpha Asymmetry

Approach vs. withdrawal motivation toward the stimulus.

Unit
µV² ratio
Acquisition
EEG 10–20, F3/F4 alpha power
Operating band55–90
N-02 · L1weight ×0.9

N200 Conflict Response

Cognitive conflict at the moment of brand recognition.

Unit
ms / µV
Acquisition
Event-related potential
Operating band40–75
N-03 · L1weight ×1.3

P300 Salience Amplitude

Attentional resource allocated to the message.

Unit
µV
Acquisition
Oddball ERP paradigm
Operating band55–92
N-04 · L1weight ×1.2

Late Positive Potential

Sustained motivated attention and emotional relevance.

Unit
µV
Acquisition
ERP 400–800 ms window
Operating band50–90
N-05 · L1weight ×1.0

Phasic Skin Conductance

Sympathetic arousal peaks aligned to narrative beats.

Unit
µS
Acquisition
Electrodermal activity
Operating band45–82
N-06 · L1weight ×0.8

Heart-Rate Variability

Autonomic balance — stress vs. receptive engagement.

Unit
ms RMSSD
Acquisition
Photoplethysmography
Operating band50–88
N-07 · L1weight ×1.1

First-Fixation Latency

Speed at which the visual system locks onto the key AOI.

Unit
ms
Acquisition
Eye-tracking, 120 Hz
Operating band55–95
N-08 · L1weight ×1.0

Saccadic Entropy

Visual disorder — high entropy signals a broken hierarchy.

Unit
bits
Acquisition
Scanpath analysis
Operating band45–80
N-09 · L1weight ×0.9

Pupillary Load Response

Real-time cognitive effort demanded by the asset.

Unit
mm Δ
Acquisition
Pupillometry, luminance-corrected
Operating band40–78
N-10 · L1weight ×0.9

Zygomatic / Corrugator Ratio

Micro-expressive valence below conscious report.

Unit
µV ratio
Acquisition
Facial EMG
Operating band50–88
C-01 · L2weight ×1.4

Processing Fluency

How effortlessly the mind decodes the message.

Unit
index
Acquisition
Perceptual + conceptual fluency battery
Operating band60–95
C-02 · L2weight ×1.2

Cognitive Load Index

Working-memory cost per exposure second.

Unit
index
Acquisition
NASA-TLX calibrated on pupillometry
Operating band45–80
C-03 · L2weight ×1.0

Semantic Priming Strength

Associative network activated by the brand cue.

Unit
ms Δ
Acquisition
Lexical decision task
Operating band50–90
C-04 · L2weight ×0.9

Message Chunk Efficiency

Alignment with 4±1 working-memory capacity.

Unit
chunks
Acquisition
Structural decomposition
Operating band55–92
C-05 · L2weight ×1.1

Implicit Association Distance

Non-declarative brand-attribute proximity.

Unit
D-score
Acquisition
IAT protocol
Operating band50–90
A-01 · L3weight ×1.2

Affective Valence

Direction of the emotional response.

Unit
SAM 1–9
Acquisition
Dimensional affect model
Operating band55–92
A-02 · L3weight ×1.2

Arousal Amplitude

Intensity that drives memory consolidation.

Unit
SAM 1–9
Acquisition
Dimensional affect model
Operating band50–88
A-03 · L3weight ×0.8

Perceived Dominance

Sense of agency the audience retains.

Unit
SAM 1–9
Acquisition
Dimensional affect model
Operating band50–85
A-04 · L3weight ×1.3

Peak–End Alignment

Whether the emotional peak coincides with the brand moment.

Unit
index
Acquisition
Temporal affect curve fitting
Operating band55–95
A-05 · L3weight ×1.5

Memory Encoding Strength

Probability the trace survives 72 hours.

Unit
index
Acquisition
Delayed recognition + neurometric fusion
Operating band55–95
A-06 · L3weight ×0.9

Empathic Resonance

Identification with the protagonist of the narrative.

Unit
index
Acquisition
Mirror-system proxy scoring
Operating band50–90
D-01 · L4weight ×1.5

Incrementality Coefficient

Share of outcome genuinely caused by the activity.

Unit
%
Acquisition
Geo-holdout / synthetic control
Operating band55–95
D-02 · L4weight ×1.2

Causal Confidence

Strength of the identified causal structure.

Unit
posterior
Acquisition
Bayesian causal DAG
Operating band55–92
D-03 · L4weight ×1.0

Signal-to-Noise Ratio

Quality of the behavioural evidence base.

Unit
dB
Acquisition
Telemetry decomposition
Operating band50–90
D-04 · L4weight ×0.9

Treatment Heterogeneity

How differently segments actually respond.

Unit
τ variance
Acquisition
Uplift modelling
Operating band45–85
AI-01 · L5weight ×1.5

Predicted Response Fidelity

Correlation between prediction and real cortical response.

Unit
r
Acquisition
Model vs. measured neurometrics
Operating band60–96
AI-02 · L5weight ×1.1

Model Calibration Error

Trustworthiness of the model's confidence.

Unit
ECE
Acquisition
Reliability diagrams
Operating band55–92
AI-03 · L5weight ×1.2

Pre-flight Creative Lift

Expected gain before any budget is committed.

Unit
%
Acquisition
Neuro-calibrated scoring
Operating band50–92
AI-04 · L5weight ×0.9

Synthetic Audience Validity

How far simulated audiences can be trusted.

Unit
index
Acquisition
Simulation vs. panel back-test
Operating band45–88
B-01 · L6weight ×1.2

Conversion Elasticity

Behavioural response per unit of design change.

Unit
Δ%/Δ
Acquisition
Choice-architecture experiments
Operating band50–92
B-02 · L6weight ×1.1

Friction Coefficient

Resistance accumulated along the decision path.

Unit
index
Acquisition
Journey instrumentation
Operating band45–82
B-03 · L6weight ×1.0

Habit Formation Rate

Speed at which behaviour becomes automatic.

Unit
λ
Acquisition
Longitudinal cohort decay
Operating band45–88
B-04 · L6weight ×1.6

Neuroethical Compliance

Transparency, reversibility, protection of vulnerability.

Unit
score
Acquisition
Protocol audit
Operating band75–100

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