You’ve probably heard the phrase “catch your sub” — a playful way of referring to moments when someone gives a subtle, indirect hint or message. While it’s commonly used in social situations, the ...

You’ve probably heard the phrase “catch your sub” — a playful way of referring to moments when someone gives a subtle, ...

Two recent studies on subliminal messages have found that subconscious visual cues can improve athletic performance and reduce negative age stereotypes of physical ability. The latest research shows ...

Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill recalled how their 1990 trial over alleged subliminal messaging had put the band in doubt over its own innocence. The metal icons were summoned to court in the aftermath ...

Subliminal advertising using scene from movie Picnic with actress Kim Novak.. Credit: Getty Images Creating the “perfect” ad copy is a daunting task. I have been writing Google Ads for decades and ...

Jeff Warrick’s “Programming the Nation?” tiresomely rehashes a potentially fascinating topic: subliminal messaging in mass media. With an obvious left-wing bias and an overambitious scope — covering ...

A Costco customer believes that the bulk-retailer is using subliminal messaging to sell granola bars. Josh (@journeywithjosh) posted a TikTok photo slideshow that’s accrued over 25,000 views. In it, ...

Recently, I holed up indoors with my family watching old sci fi movies, including The Puppet Masters, a story about alien blobs that sit on people's backs and wire themselves into human nervous ...

Based on the short story “Eight O’Clock in the Morning” by Ray Nelson, They Live stars the late professional wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper as a drifter named Nada (Spanish for nothing). He finds a ...

Thanks to the full frame of text on a black background, the subliminal messages aren’t very subliminal; they might be more subtle if the text was overlaid on the target frame rather than replaced ...

In this age of illegal wiretapping and 9/11 conspiracy theories, it’s a wonder that Beth Ames Swartz admits she hides subliminal messages in her art. No worries; this isn’t They Live, so there won’t ...

Ryan Murphy's anthology spinoff dips into "Black Mirror" territory with a piece on the possibilities of subliminal messaging and psychological manipulation through film -- with a wickedly nasty twist ...