Ive never used a subliminal file.

[jeremiah]

What is the difference?

[DazDude]

They bypass your concious mind alot easier and in somecase work a bit better than the normal mp3's :)

[sandy82]

[tarantulaman1000]

Actually sandy, that story is a proven hoax, perpetuated by an advertiser. There is no significant, scientific proof supporting subliminal messages, and I would assert that the users of this site experience a placebo effect because they know what a file does. Look at my other topic for details on my planned experiment.

[sandy82]

[dharden]

[sandy82]

[loadedkaos]

I once remember watching a show I think it was about advertising, but they were showing an old magazine and at first they just flipped through it but then they focused on a full page add in the magazine of a girl on swing with her legs in the air, but if you looked long enough you would notice an extra leg hanging down. The reasoning behind this was to catch the casual readers attention by making a small oddity and also to make it rememberable. If I get more time I'll see if I can find any pics of it.

[sandy82]

Thanks, loadedkaos. That would be an interesting picture to see. I can imagine the reactions to the picture--just as you described them.

[BobbyS]

In the UK there is a program presented by a guy called Derren Brown, a psychological trickster. In one experiment he stands in shopping mall and takes over the store's intercom, before telling customers about the mall's special offers. Of course, they just ignore him and get on with their shopping. However, he then says anyone who wants to use the special offer should stick their hands in the air. Immediately, nearly all (if not all) of the shoppers stick their hands up. That's the power of subliminal messaging.
(BTW at the start of each show, he makes the announcement that he uses no confederates and that no one is 'in' on any of his tricks.)

[isadora]

Alright I am going to try and weigh in on this. I pulled out my psychology text book from my University days (which were 2 years ago, geez I'm ancient).

Anyway on Subliminal messaging, it has a study done on the effectiveness of commercial submilinal messages.

They tested two tapes: those that effected memory and those that effected self-esteem.

However the study showed that in the case of the self-esteem tapes self-esteem rarely improve, and actually in some instances the self-esteem of some subjects decreased.

And in the case of memory? There was no marked improvement that the researchers could see.

Though frustrated that I downloaded TrigNipplePlay I will not give up on it.

Though subliminal messaging does not prove effective in these instances, that doesn't mean it can't work. The mind is a powerful tool, and if you want something to work than it will.

Now I gotta dash to work or else I'd cite my sources, but I'll do it when I get back! *dashdash*