Power of thought via Dr Weil: (get his free weekly health newsletter drweil) Mind Games: Giving Seniors a Beneficial Boost Using positive subliminal messages can help cancel out some of the negative societal stereotypes of aging, and even improve physical functioning in seniors, according to a new study. Researchers at Yale University recruited 100 seniors (average age 81) from the New Haven, Conn., area and placed a group of them in front of computers screens that were flashing words like spry and creative. The messages were shown at speeds too fast to read or grasp consciously, but slow enough that their meanings were perceived and stored in the minds of the study participants. Interaction with those positive words and phrases improved balance and other physical functions among the seniors involved, strengthened their positive outlook on age, and diminished negative stereotypes of age compared to study participants in a control group who didnt have exposure to the subliminal messages. The same research team had previously shown that negative stereotypes of age can weaken seniors physical functioning, but this study was the first to show that positive subliminal messages can actually affect seniors physical functioning with benefits that lasted for weeks.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 01:28:31 +0000
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