06-27-2016, 08:08 PM
Hey guys,
I thought I would weight in since I'm actually working in a psychology lab right now about the general consensus on subliminal work in psychology. We actually use subliminal priming in experiments and it is widely accepted that subliminal priming does work. In the lab we actually use visual subliminal priming. We also use supraliminal priming because it is much easier to setup than subliminal priming. One of the studies conducted by my mentor was based on supraliminal and subliminal priming and he found that he could detect effects even a week after exposure. I asked him if he ever considered auditory subliminal priming and he told me to look at the research and see what it says. The research on auditory subliminal priming had a big study that came out and found that auditory subliminal priming worked but then there were multiple studies that followed it up that were unable to replicate the results. The effects were mostly talked away as placebo. They used the commercial subliminal audios that existed at the time and would change the labels on the tapes and found that what the label said was a much better predictor of the effects observed rather than what was supposed to be on the tape.
I spent a lot of time looking at the studies and the general consensus I found was that they really have no idea how to produce them. If a study was made based on auditory subliminal messages and showed effects then it would support the idea that they are effective. I could probably extend the findings of my mentor's research using auditory subliminal messages pretty easily and get something published if I knew how to create them correctly. I just haven't spent much time doing research on how to create them. Shannon mentioned a long time ago that the Erickson was a good place to start on learning how to create them. I've just been really busy trying to finish the current study that I'm working on.
I thought I would weight in since I'm actually working in a psychology lab right now about the general consensus on subliminal work in psychology. We actually use subliminal priming in experiments and it is widely accepted that subliminal priming does work. In the lab we actually use visual subliminal priming. We also use supraliminal priming because it is much easier to setup than subliminal priming. One of the studies conducted by my mentor was based on supraliminal and subliminal priming and he found that he could detect effects even a week after exposure. I asked him if he ever considered auditory subliminal priming and he told me to look at the research and see what it says. The research on auditory subliminal priming had a big study that came out and found that auditory subliminal priming worked but then there were multiple studies that followed it up that were unable to replicate the results. The effects were mostly talked away as placebo. They used the commercial subliminal audios that existed at the time and would change the labels on the tapes and found that what the label said was a much better predictor of the effects observed rather than what was supposed to be on the tape.
I spent a lot of time looking at the studies and the general consensus I found was that they really have no idea how to produce them. If a study was made based on auditory subliminal messages and showed effects then it would support the idea that they are effective. I could probably extend the findings of my mentor's research using auditory subliminal messages pretty easily and get something published if I knew how to create them correctly. I just haven't spent much time doing research on how to create them. Shannon mentioned a long time ago that the Erickson was a good place to start on learning how to create them. I've just been really busy trying to finish the current study that I'm working on.
