From the Super Bowl to feel-good, beautifully crafted Christmas campaigns, advertising is particularly good at attaching emotions to brands.

Luckily Robert Heath from the University of Bath is on hand to explain how advertisers use our emotions to influence our subconscious minds – and more importantly how to resist them.

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