Research suggests that subliminal perception does influence behavior (e.g., mere exposure effect and sublimal/masked priming effects), as well as emotion (e.g., mere exposure to stimuli increases one's mood). In fact, recent research out of Cornell suggests that stimuli presented in the future actually affect your behavior now (e.g., subliminal precognition). In fact, the research on the mere exposure effect suggests that subliminal stimuli might produce bigger effects than supraliminal stimuli. I believe there is even a theory (I think its called ironic processes) that explains why subliminal stimuli can produce larger effects. I don't know what to believe anymore. Of course, I'm not worried about any large behavior changes outside of the lab (or lasting more than a short time).
________________________________ From: Steven Specht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 11/14/2005 3:34 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: student's question That's exactly what I tell my students to demonstrate that subliminal message effectiveness is silly. If I "up the signal" by actually verbalizing or writing the message and it doesn't work, what would possibly be the theoretical justification for why a more obscure message would work. It's usually pretty effective in getting the point across. Now, that being said... would people consider sending me money if I wrote it like this <SEND ME MONEY, PLEASE!> Damn, you folks are just being uncooperative ;-) Cheers, -S On Nov 14, 2005, at 3:28 PM, Joan Warmbold wrote: > But Steve, we can consciously perceive your written messages about > sending > you $$$$--but we still won't. Whatever, I thought it had been fairly > well > established that subliminal messages are not effective means of > persuasion. Am I wrong here? > > Joan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> I'm not sure <send me money> if it's technically illegal <send me >> money>, but you might want to check the case law especially ,send me >> money> with regard to the music industry related to backward masking >> <thank you> >> >> >> On Nov 14, 2005, at 12:47 PM, James K. Denson wrote: >> >>> Quick Question, >>> Are subliminal Message illegal? If so who enforces the law? The >>> FCC? >>> >>> Thanks in advance >>> JK Denson >>> Kempsville High School >>> Social Studies Department Chair >>> Psychology/AP Psychology Teacher >>> Boys Varsity Soccer Coach >>> >>> --- >>> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> >> ======================================================== >> Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor of Psychology >> Utica College >> Utica, NY 13502 >> (315) 792-3171 >> >> "Mice may be called large or small, and so may elephants, and it is >> quite understandable when someone says it was a large mouse that ran >> up >> the trunk of a small elephant" (S. S. Stevens, 1958) >> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ======================================================== Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Utica College Utica, NY 13502 (315) 792-3171 "Mice may be called large or small, and so may elephants, and it is quite understandable when someone says it was a large mouse that ran up the trunk of a small elephant" (S. S. Stevens, 1958) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
