Recent content by ardalin

some information on subliminal messaging This topic got me to thinking about how to influence people's actions without Hollywood-style subliminal messaging. It turns out that it's pretty easy. Check out my post here: http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/subliminal-messaging-14083.html

Dyslexia isn't my main area of research, but I have done a few projects on the topic. However, all of that has dealt with developmental dyslexia, not adult-onset dyslexia. The only type of adult-onset dyslexia I know of is typically the result of a stroke. It differs from developmental dyslexia...

There are some excellent posts somewhere on the language Log (http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/) about this. I'm too lazy to track it down. It's a neat phenomenon. ---- Please take a few moments to further science at http://coglanglab.org

My understanding from psych class is that it doesn't work in the way people usually think of. However, there is something called "priming." If you see a word like "duck" and then are asked to read aloud a second word, you'll read "quack" faster than "bark". This is true even if the word...

I agree with Evo. There's probably nothing wrong with you, but the stakes here are too high to just hope it goes away. Plus, if it's nothing, you've spent a little bit of money to purchase peace of mind. ---- Please take a moment for science at http://coglanglab.org