Kaser V.A. "The Effect of Subconscious Auditory Messaging on Image and Dream Formation."
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (1986).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3723126
"The subconscious perceives hidden affirmations that cannot be consciously heard. Do subliminals really work? The results of this study indicate that they do indeed influence the subconscious of the subjects."
The purpose of the experiment was to determine the effect of subliminals and answer the question: do subliminals actually work?
Audio affirmations were sped up until they could no longer be consciously understood.
They were then mixed into a regular music recording and played for nine subjects in the experimental group.
Another nine people in the control group listened to regular music without hidden affirmations.
Both groups were asked to make preliminary drawings before and after playback, as well as a dream drawing of any dreams they might have had that night.
The results showed a significant difference between the drawings of the experimental and control groups.
The drawings of people who listened to music with hidden content reflected the subconsciously transmitted message, while no correlation was found in the control group.
This provided compelling evidence to the question: do subliminals really work?
Kaser concluded that subliminals do indeed influence the subconscious of the subjects.
The study results indicate that the subconscious is able to perceive audio affirmations that cannot be consciously understood due to the high recording speed.
Another study confirming Kaser's theory and the question of whether subliminals work was conducted by Dr. Becker. He also divided subjects into two groups and asked them to guess a three-digit number.
For the first group, the number was embedded in the audio track, but it was not perceived at the conscious level. The other group received no messages.
The results confirmed that subliminals are perceived at the subconscious level. Of the first group, 77% of subjects guessed the number, compared to 10% of the other.
This again proves that subliminals do indeed work.
Strong reaction to hidden affirmations.
Bornstein R.F., Leone D.R., and Galley D.J. "Generalizability of Subliminal Mere Exposure Effects: Influence of Stimuli Perceived Without Awareness on Social Behavior."
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1987).
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/57c1/19f13a5d03ef23c383d7f550ab2d01d9c85e.pdf
"Completely inaudible messages (subliminals) reach the mind and have a physiological effect. This study again confirms that the answer to whether subliminals work is positive."
Subjects listened to verbal statements that were masked by white noise at increasing volumes.
More pronounced physiological reactions were observed in subjects who were exposed to messages fully masked by loud white noise than in those who could slightly hear them.
These results again raise the question: do subliminals work as effectively as assumed?
The study proved that completely inaudible messages reach the mind and have a physiological effect, confirming that subliminals do indeed work.
The power of subliminals.
Shevrin H. "Does the Averaged Evoked Response Encode Subliminal Perception? Yes." (1975).
http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1975-28968-001
"Although the brain does not consciously perceive that messages are being sent to it, the subconscious picks up the information and is able to respond."
This conclusion again raises the question: do subliminals work at the subconscious level?
Studies showed that subjects' response to a given stimulus was less pronounced if they were aware of the test.
When affirmations were perceived at the subconscious level, the reaction speed was significantly higher.
This suggests that although the mind does not consciously perceive any messages, the subconscious can pick up information and react to it just as if it had been received under normal conditions. Thus, we get another confirmation that subliminals do work.
Despite people not perceiving stimuli at the conscious level, studies prove that they still reach the mind.
This indicates that even in the absence of a conscious reaction to hidden affirmations, the subconscious picks them up and reacts to them in the same way, and sometimes even more vividly than to information received under normal conditions. Do subliminals work in this case? Definitely yes.
Helping to quit smoking.
Palmatie J.R. and Bornstein R.H. "Effects of Subliminal Symbiotic Merger Fantasies on Behavioral Treatment of Smokers."
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (1980).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7452209
"Information presented at the subconscious level significantly improves the outcomes of subjects trying to quit smoking."
This study raises the question: do subliminals work for quitting harmful habits?
The study involved 34 people who underwent a three-week smoking cessation treatment course. Subjects were randomly assigned to an experimental and a control group.
The first group received hidden affirmations about the harms of smoking, while the other received neutral ones.
The results showed that subconsciously received information affects the treatment effect. At 12 months after the end of the course, in the experimental group, 67% did not smoke, 44% did not consume alcohol, in the control group - 12.5% did not smoke, 12.5% did not consume alcohol.
The studies performed by Palmatie and Bornstein proved that the transmission of attitudes using subliminals at the subconscious level significantly improves people's progress in quitting smoking. Do subliminals work in quitting harmful habits? According to these data, yes.
Weight loss and healthy eating.
Silverman L.H., Martin A., Ungaro R., Mendelson E.
"Subliminal Psychotherapeutic Adjunct Present in the Treatment of Obesity." Clinical Psychology (1978).
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0e6f/90b6e5975f7ee6bb0fbb8fecd905a41d676c.pdf
"Subconscious messages help people reduce their need for food." But do subliminals really work for weight loss?
The scientists conducted two experiments on subconscious perception. The first involved 26, and the second 30 women. All of them were overweight (by at least 15%). In each case, they were divided into two equal groups: experimental and control.
All were previously given basic theoretical foundations on weight normalization and healthy eating: precise calorie counting, diet regimen, diet plan, rewards for achievements.
At the beginning and end of all sessions, participants were asked to imagine a situation where there was a temptation to eat something.
At the same time, the experimental group received hidden weight loss affirmations at the subconscious level for 4 milliseconds, while the other group received neutral information.
In all trials, the experimental groups lost more kilograms than the control groups.
Do subliminals work for weight loss? The study shows that the use of subconscious exchange through subliminals can help people lose weight, once again confirming that subliminals do indeed work.