Facial Imaging (Facial Coding/Recognition) is one of Market Research's most interesting new technologies, providing many of the benefits of lab-based neuro-science, but in a much more scalable and cost-effective manner. In this presentation (part 1 of 2) Gordon & McCallum outline the basics of how the method works, what outputs look like and implementation requirements, Part 2, a separate presentation also on Slideshare, discusses more advanced applications and the potential of the technology to build new solutions in 6 key aspects of interest to marketers.