How ‘real life’ ads impact on viewers’ emotions

To explore whether advertising featuring real people in real situations produces a different emotional response from big budget ads featuring celebrities and special effects, I conducted an experiment with Sensum, which specialises in emotion research and measurement.
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For the test I wore finger sensors that measure microscopic levels of sweat on the hands, also known as galvanic skin response. The more the hands sweat, the more