What are Subliminal messages in psychology?How do they work?
WHAT ARE SUBLIMINALMESSAGES?
Subliminal communications are messages beamed directly to the subconscious mind. Since they are below the level of conscious awareness you cannot hear or understand them. Because you cannot hear the communications your conscious mind cannot reject the message.
Everyone has heard stories of how enterprising advertising executives have flashed phrases like "You are thirsty" or Eat popcorn" on movie screens to increase refreshment sales. Some department stores use the subliminal audio message "I am honest, I will not steal" to reduce shoplifting. There is always a great public outcry when these practices are discovered.
Whoever came up with the definition for “subliminal” should be fired. That definition has led to some different interpretations — most of which are wrong. Hopefully this section will clear things up.
Subliminal messages are stimuli that lie below our threshold of conscious awareness. Because they fall below the absolute threshold level (ATL), we can’t perceive a subliminal message, even if we’re looking for it.
That’s important. Many people confuse subliminal influence with subconscious influence. But those two concepts are very different.
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A stimulus can influence us subconsciously without being subliminal. If we can see or hear it — even if we don’t consciously notice it — it’s not subliminal. It’s considered supraliminal.
Consider in-store music. When researchers played music in a liquor store, they found a startling result. On days when German music was played, German wine outsold French wine. However, the reverse happened when French music was played
Do subliminal messages really work? Great question.
Everyone seems worried that advertisers can control their behavior through subliminal messages.
A scary thought? Sure.
Did people know that the music was influencing their behavior? Nope — they were subconsciously influenced. Did people hear the music? Indeed, they did. Thus, the music was supraliminal, not subliminal.
When it comes to subconscious influence, there’s no doubt that we’re influenced by supraliminal factors (Fitzsimons et al., 2001). Need more evidence? Check out the video explanation behind my “mind reading.”
Powerful ways to use subliminal messages..
- Subliminal messages during sleep
Subliminal messages during sleep can help you create great changes and stick with them for the long term. With minimal effort, you can turn your 6-8 hours of sleep time into a personal development seminar.
By exposing your brain to subliminal messages, you can easily invest 1/3 of your day in improving the issues you’re dealing with and program your subconscious mind to get rid of negative thought patterns.
- Watch subliminal flashes on your computer screen
As you know, subliminal messages can be transmitted by audio, but also visually.
The visual subliminal messages will appear as quick flashes on your computer screen. By using this method of subliminal messages, you can invest only a few minutes a day.
The subliminal messages carry positive affirmations and being exposed to them over and over will create a new neural network in your brain.
The meaning of all of this is that you can be the person you want to be.
The subliminal affirmations can turn to be your reality and you can finally let yourself become the powerful individual you wish to be.
With those subliminal messages in forms of flashes you can easily manifest the affirmations and make them come true.
It’s very simple to set the subliminal messages on your PC; watch this video, scroll down and click on live demo, to see how it’s done.
- Play MP3 subliminal messages during day time
Although it’s recommended to listen to subliminal messages when the mind is in a receptive state, there are other efficient ways to use subliminals during the day.
Can the subconscious mind absorb the subliminal messages and be programmed while we are awake? Absolutely!
During waking time, the brain functions with beta waves, but new information can still reach the subconscious mind. New information gets to the subconscious all the time. 