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Old June 4, 2011, 06:33 AM
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Default Re: Subliminal Messages and a Trip Down Memory Lane

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Originally Posted by Duane Adolph View Post
Day Two: I was asked to look through this "Microscope type device" (oscilloscope?) I saw a Bright Circle with one word in black text in the middle. I was instructed that they would FLASH a word and all I had to do was tell the experimenter what the word was.


Hi, Duane - that's exactly the reason why we're all prohibited from sneaking flash words into TV ads and, I think, online advertising. The eyes can see and read flash words and it's an extremely subversive way of "persuading" people. I think I first came across this in a book by J.A.C. Brown called ... Techniques of Persuasion ... as far as I can remember.

Margaret
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