강미 | learning koreanSubliminal Edge: Learning Korean Faster
In other wild and wacky (but far less dangerous) news, I ran across a course called Subliminal Edge: Learning Korean Faster.
We all want to learn Korean faster, don’t we? But before you go spending your hard-earned money (even for a product as cheap as this one), read this:
Thousands of videotapes and audiotapes purported to contain repeated messages are being marketed with claims that they can help people: lose weight, stop smoking, enhance athletic performance, quit drinking, think creatively, raise IQ, make friends, reduce pain, improve vision, restore hearing, cure acne, conquer fears, read faster, speak effectively, handle criticism, relieve depression, enlarge breasts, and do many other things. At least one company has offered subliminal tapes for children, including a toilet-training tape for toddlers. Many tapes contain music said to promote relaxation.
Many researchers have found that subliminal tapes provide no benefit to the user. One who tested tapes from several companies concluded that they contained no embedded messages that could conceivably influence behavior . A research team tested volunteers for a study of tapes said to improve memory and self-esteem, but switched the tapes for half of the participants (to create a control group). Regardless of the tape used, about half of the volunteers claimed to achieve the results they were told to expect-but objective tests of memory and self-esteem showed no change . A National Research Council committee has concluded that although many people claim that subliminal self-help tapes contribute to self-improvement, there is no scientific evidence to support such claims . Thus there is no reason to believe that musical tapes with subliminal messages can do anything more for physical or mental well-being than listening to ordinary music. There is no scientific evidence that messages which cannot be heard are unconsciously or subconsciously perceived or can influence behavior.
Posted by kangmi on October 9, 2006 at 12:34 PM2 comments
