Subliminal advertising really does work, The Telegraph (wrongly) concludes after reporting on a University College London experiment in which words were briefly flashed on a computer screen and ...

BBC R&D were approached last year by Radio 4 documentary producer Phil Tinline to help with a documentary he was putting together surrounding the myths and truths of subliminal advertising in video.

The following was excerpted from the book The Anatomy of Humbug. Tall and good looking, James A. Vicary showed considerable flair of publicizing himself and his business. One of his early experiments, ...

subliminal effect is the psychological effect of 'influencing the subconscious by sneaking in a level of stimulation that humans cannot barely recognize.' `` Abuse of the subliminal effect can also ...

What is subliminal advertising? David Aaronovitch investigates the mysterious birth of this modern myth and introduces a unique new BBC experiment to try it out. Show more What is subliminal ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of an article in Advertising Age magazine in which a marketing consultant named James Vicary admitted to perpetrating one of the great hoaxes in psychological ...

Flag waving is a metaphor for stirring up the public towards adopting a more nationalistic, generally hard-line stance. Indeed, "rally 'round the flag" is a venerable expression of this phenomenon. It ...

Hidden messages that promote products in films once caused a moral panic. But is the much-feared technique really effective? The BBC's Phil Tinline helped devise an experiment to find out. On 12 ...

Most people associate the term “subliminal conditioning” with dystopian sci-fi tales, but a recent study has used the technique to alter responses to pain. The findings suggest that information that ...

A new study shows that subconscious signals interfere with concentration, causing people to become easily distracted and falter on even the simplest of tasks. When people concentrate, they focus on ...