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Key to subliminal messaging is to keep it negative, study shows

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Subliminal messaging is most effective when the message being conveyed is negative, according to new research.


When you don't know what you want

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How is it possible that you were not planning on going shopping, but that you still end up going and even return home with four new pairs of trousers?


Effect of subliminal marketing greater than thought

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Marketing statements influence us subliminally more than was ever assumed. Even when you are not aware of being exposed to advertising material, it can still affect your actions. This emerged from research ...


Subliminal learning demonstrated in the human brain

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Although the idea that instrumental learning can occur subconsciously has been around for nearly a century, it had not been unequivocally demonstrated. Now, a new study published by Cell Press in the August 28 issue of the ...





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Health campaigns that promote exercise may cause people to eat more

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research from the University of Illinois suggests that weight-loss campaigns that promote exercise may actually cause people to eat more.


Subliminal messages can influence us in surprising ways

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 27, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Flag waving is a metaphor for stirring up the public towards adopting a more nationalistic, generally hard-line stance. Indeed, “rally ‘round the flag” is a venerable expression of this phenomenon.


Subliminal smells bias perception about a person's likeability

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 06, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Anyone who has bonded with a puppy madly sniffing with affection gets an idea of how scents, most not apparent to humans, are critical to a dog’s appreciation of her two-legged friends. Now new research from Northwestern ...


Subconscious encounters: How brand exposure affects your choices

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 14, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Products with visible brand names are everywhere; many times we don't even notice them. But how much do those unnoticed exposures affect brand choices? Quite a bit, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.


Cause and affect: Emotions can be unconsciously and subliminally evoked, study shows

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 28, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Most people agree that emotions can be caused by a specific event and that the person experiencing it is aware of the cause, such as a child’s excitement at the sound of an ice cream truck. But recent research suggests emotions ...


Reading a face is tricky business

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 31, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Reading the face of a person who is trying to conceal fear or other emotions is tricky business, according to a new Northwestern University study of electrical activity in the brain.


Researcher Demonstrates Non-Traditional Therapy is Effective as Pain Management

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 30 years ago the United States began embracing the theory, clinical practice and research of ancient Asian medical practices including non-contact therapeutic touch (NCTT). Now, according to a study ...


Subtle cues can influence stereotypes

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 11, 2006 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Seemingly innocent questions, subliminal messaging and placement of common items could cue stereotypes, two studies by U.S. and Canadian researchers said.


Study: Women look away more from abnormal babies

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created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Puzzling new research suggests women have a harder time than men looking at babies with facial birth defects. It's a surprise finding. Psychiatrists from the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital, who were studying ...


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House cats know what they want and how to get it from you

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 4

Anyone who has ever had cats knows how difficult it can be to get them to do anything they don't already want to do. But it seems that the house cats themselves have had distinctly less trouble getting humans ...



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