Tag Archives: Subliminal

January 26, 2010

Shopper, Know Thyself

Uncover “covert marketing” to shop smarter The same impulse behind my degree in religious studies is responsible for my interest in neuroscience and behaviorism in branding and marketing. I want to know what people believe, and what motivates them. I also believe that a deeper understanding of these things makes us better decision makers. (And I’m [...]
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June 18, 2009

What Is It I Don’t Think I’m Seeing?

Subliminal Messaging Moves Beyond Sex After my last blog two people asked me the same question. “Just curious,” they said, “but how effective is subliminal advertising?” Good question. It’s an ongoing debate. Some camps debunk it totally, but recent research is keeping the discussion alive. The Skeptic’s Dictionary and Snopes say that there is no evidence subliminal [...]
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June 12, 2009

What’s on Your Subconscious Mind?

Is Subliminal Marketing for You? It was 1981 when I discovered sex in photos of ice cubes and Ritz crackers. I was a high school junior and I was desperate. This was back when finding anything about sex was difficult. Dr. Wilson Bryan Key and his books Media Sexploitation and Subliminal Seduction changed that. He revealed how [...]
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