Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Doctor Is In Series – where we will discuss understandings and developments in the field of psychology.
This is Episode 177 and hosted by Chris Hadnagy, CEO of Social-Engineer LLC, and The Innocent Lives Foundation, as well as Social-Engineer.Org and The Institute for Social Engineering.
Joining Chris is co-host Dr. Abbie Maroño. Abbie is Director of education at Social-Engineer, LLC, and a perception management coach. She has a PhD in Behaviour analysis and specializes in nonverbal communication, trust, and cooperation.
Today’s conversation will be on the topic of Subliminal Persuasion. [Sep 05, 2022]
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Ep. 177 – The Doctor Is In Series – Hold This Coffee – Subliminal Persuasion
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Show Notes
00:00 – Intro
00:27 – Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro
01:07 – Intro Links
03:26 – Why this podcast?
04:28 – The topic of the day: Subliminal Persuasion
05:46 – What is Subliminal Persuasion?
07:03 – The Coca-Cola & popcorn myth
09:08 – Judas Priest Lawsuit
10:32 – Sex on ice, does it work?
15:00 – Getting warmer…
16:08 – …and colder
18:49 – The importance of being attentive
21:28 – Does it pass the smell test?
22:59 – Can Prime lead to Persuasion?
24:34 – The necessity of Motivation
27:05 – Does Belief play a role?
28:17 – The Smell of Fear
32:52 – Applying the Subliminal
38:58 – The limitations of application
41:26 – Subtle Psychology
44:33 – Book Recommendations
45:42 – Find Dr. Abbie Maroño on the web
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbiejmarono
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-abbie-maroño-phd-35ab2611a
- Website: https://www.abbiemarono.com/
46:26 – Find Chris on the web
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/humanhacker
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christopherhadnagy
46:41 – Wrap Up
47:59 – Outro
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Damaskinidis, G., & Kostopoulou, L. (2021). Intersemiotic Translation of Subliminal Messages in Brand Logos: A Qualitative Experimental Research. International Journal of Semiotics and Visual Rhetoric (IJSVR), 5(1), 1-14.
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Epley, N., Savitsky, K., & Kachelski, R. A. (1999). What every skeptic should know about subliminal persuasion. Skeptical Inquirer, 23(5), 40-45.
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Li, N., Juan, L., Xin, W., & Xiang-hong, S. (2011, March). Effect of sustained subliminal auditory stimulus on human emotion. In International Conference on Information Science and Technology (pp. 381-384). IEEE.
Loersch, C., Durso, G. R., & Petty, R. E. (2013). Vicissitudes of desire: A matching mechanism for subliminal persuasion. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4(5), 624-631.
Riener, A. (2012). Subliminal persuasion and its potential for driver behavior adaptation. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 13(1), 71-80.
Smarandescu, L., & Shimp, T. A. (2015). Drink coca-cola, eat popcorn, and choose powerade: testing the limits of subliminal persuasion. Marketing Letters, 26(4), 715-726.
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Zacharia, A. B., Hamelin, N., Harcar, T., & Rodgers, P. (2020). A Neuro Analysis of Static Subliminal Advertising in Packaging. EDITORIAL 77, 29, 81-104.