PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Karolien Poels AU - Siegfried Dewitte TI - How to Capture the Heart? Reviewing 20 Years of Emotion Measurement in Advertising AID - 10.2501/S0021849906060041 DP - 2006 Mar 01 TA - Journal of Advertising Research PG - 18--37 VI - 46 IP - 1 4099 - http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/46/1/18.short 4100 - http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/46/1/18.full SO - J Advert Res2006 Mar 01; 46 AB - In the latest decades, emotions have become an important research topic in all behavioral sciences, and not the least in advertising. Yet, advertising literature on how to measure emotions is not straightforward. The major aim of this article is to give an update on the different methods used for measuring emotions in advertising and to discuss their validity and applicability. We further draw conclusions on the relation between emotions and traditional measures of advertising effectiveness. We finally formulate recommendations on the use of the different methods and make suggestions for future research.