Power, the new song and music video by Kanye West as conceived and directed by Marco Brambilla is a powerful visual experience, one well worth the looksee. Now, students in the Western Music and Culture course I teach at the university are well aware of my opinion of Kanye’s musical stylings . . . hint,…
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Bell Nuntita – the two-voiced singer
by Brian David Phillips •
If you haven’t seen Bell Nuntita perform her medley, you’re in a treat. This clip is from an episode of Thailand’s Got Talent in which Bell was introduced. Listen closely . . . and enjoy . . . notice how the crowd goes wild and is very supportive. This is video is an excellent example…
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Change Blindness Camera Fun
by Brian David Phillips •
So . . . in previous posts, we explained the basic principles of Change Blindness with some informative yet humorous video examples at https://briandavidphillips.net/2011/03/28/change-blindness/ and followed that up with some funny twists of employing change blindness phenomena within practical jokes at https://briandavidphillips.net/2011/03/28/change-blindness-with-a-funny-twist/ which turned out wonderfully fun. Well . . . here we go with…
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What’s Wrong with Kansas?
by Brian David Phillips •
I mentioned the documentary What’s the Matter with Kansas? and the Thomas Frank book it is based upon in my brief political rant here. For those with an interest, here is the trailer for the film . . . You can learn more about the documentary on the webpages at http://whatsthematterwithkansas.com which also has a…
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GOP Budget Cuts and Trimming the Fat by Slicing the Throat
by Brian David Phillips •
The recent battle over the US governmental budget and the narrow avoidance of a shutdown of the Federal government is a sign of the turning of the tide, the complete abandonment of genial negotiation and discussion and the birth of an age of strong arm demands. In my communication courses at the university, I teach…
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Joe Rogan on the American War Machine
by Brian David Phillips •
Agree or not, it’s up to you . . . or, perhaps pick and choose the bits . . . some of Joe Rogan‘s rants from his podcast edited together for particular effect (see http://blog.joerogan.net for more). Part One Part Two Resonant with some and dissonant with others. Notice how music and images are used…
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Psychological Profile Exam Designed to Drive You Insane
by Brian David Phillips •
While it may seem like someone’s idea of a completely bonkers psychological experiment intended to drive you insane, the Pierley/Redford Dissociative Affect Diagnostic is an odd ride into the unconscious that is an exploration of your brain’s affective response system. Nonverbal emotional reactions to shape tableaus target the portion of your brain that is intuitive…
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Naughty Drawing Expectation and Perception
by Brian David Phillips •
Sometimes what you think you see is not what you are seeing . . . and sometimes it is. This fun video demonstrates how our preconceptions can be exploited to the point that they influence what we see, or rather, what we expect to see. That was fun! – Brian
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Evangelical Orgasms
by Brian David Phillips •
Faith is a very powerful thing . . . when properly ignited it can lead to incredibly powerful experiences . . . some of them wonderful and some of them the opposite of good times. However, the mystical ecstasy experienced by many can be a very powerful life-changing experience within the appropriate context. It can…
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Change Blindness with a Funny Twist
by Brian David Phillips •
In a previous post I shared some videos that demonstrate the principle of Change Blindness (https://briandavidphillips.net/2011/03/28/change-blindness/). Here are some more gag or practical joke videos that employ the same principle to humorous effect. BLACKOUT BASEBALL UNISEX BACKPACK THEY WERE FIVE Brian www.BrianDavidPhillips.net
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Change Blindness
by Brian David Phillips •
The phenomenon of Change Blindness is an interesting function of our blinds in that when we are involved in an activity we gloss over particular changes in the environment, particularly when they are unexpected and all other functions of the context are as expected. This is demonstrated via an intriguing experiment in which one experimenter…
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Selective Attention
by Brian David Phillips •
I’ve posted on Selective Attention before but since it’s been awhile and a number of the videos previously referenced are no longer valid, I thought I’d repost a bit to clear out the rubble so to speak. Visual Selective Attention ExperimentBecklen and Cervone (1983) Selective AwarenessDancing Bear Selective AttentionKids Version Brian www.BrianDavidPhillips.net
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Secret Seduction Method: How to Pick Up Straight Girls in Gay Bars
by Brian David Phillips •
Good luck with that. 🙂 – Brian
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Study proves the obvious . . . men are more likely to say yes to sex with a random stranger than women are.
by Brian David Phillips •
It’s official! Men are more likely to have sex with random strangers than women. There’s an old study done in the United States on sexual attraction that I discuss in my various Seduction Mindtricks 情場高手速成班 seminars and workshops as well as in a few of my university courses on communication. In the study, students (male…
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No, they did NOT use hypnosis to rob people despite all the reports otherwise.
by Brian David Phillips •
A whole slew of reports are coming out now that Sartaz Ali and Sheru Hussain have been arrested for using hypnosis to rob people. Uh, no, at least not from the descriptions of their activities. These folks were conmen, pure and simple. They would pose as police officers and get elderly folks to put their…
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Is McCarthyism Alive and Well? Maybe
by Brian David Phillips •
Hmmmmmmm. For those who don’t remember who Joseph McCarthy was – and for those who’d like a quick refresher – take a quick look at http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthy.htm. Now, with McCarthy’s tactics in mind, go read these features on Peter King (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/opinion/08tue1.html) and Brigitte Gabriel (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/us/08gabriel.html) but while reading mentally replace the word “Islam” with “Communism” and…
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Creepy Little Girls are Really Terrifying . . . video proof
by Brian David Phillips •
Well, it’s true . . . creepy little girls standing in hallways are really scary . . . and not just in the movies. Now, we’ve seen a lot of these prank videos from Japanese television, this Spanish language video has pretty much the same universal result . . . terrified folks. The maid’s reaction…
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Vampire Forecloses on Bank . . . interview on Fox News
by Brian David Phillips •
Check out the fangs on the guest and how the host does not react at all . . . – Brian
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Trick Your Brain into Feeling like it’s in LOVE
by Brian David Phillips •
The good folks at Io9 decided to celebrate the recent Valentine’s Day by providing us with a useful list of TEN WAYS YOU CAN TRICK YOUR BRAIN INTO FEELING LIKE IT’S IN LOVE . . . creepy? Yes. Interesting, more yes. See the full list at http://io9.com/#!5759511/10-ways-to-trick-your-brain-into-feeling-like-youre-in-love for your neuroloving trickery. – Brian
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Hyundai Attempts Mass-Hypnosis for Super Bowl . . . hypnosis in commercials!
by Brian David Phillips •
It’s Super Bowl time and companies have rolled out their special event campaigns. Hyundai takes a hypnotic approach and attempts some mass hypnosis within their commercials . . . with tongue in cheek but hypnotic operators in full effect. First, we are reminded of our pre-existing hypnotized trance state. HYPNOTIZED We follow up with some…
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How to Plant Ideas into Someone’s Mind
by Brian David Phillips •
Adam Dachis presents a summary of excellent principles of mind manipulation and lays out solid ideas on how to implant ideas into another person’s mind in simple and straightforward manner. Yes, it can be manipulation but it is most certainly influence and these techniques are in use all the time. See the essay at lifehacker…
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Battle Los Angeles and the Coming Faux Apocalypse
by Brian David Phillips •
New trailer out for Battle Los Angeles . . . looks pretty hairy. Way back in high school before I ever heard of Watchmen or the like, I thought one way for the UN to take over the world and create an artificial sense of world peace and unity would be to stage a fake…
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The McGurk Effect . . . Seeing May Be Believing but It May Not Be Reality
by Brian David Phillips •
The McGurk Effect is yet another wonderful demonstration that our mind’s create our realities . . . what you see may affect what you hear. If we use different images and punch them over the same sound the sound actually sounds differently because the visual simuli takes precedence over the genuine audio stimuli. The brain…
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Seduction Mindtricks – 5 September – Free Workshop
by Brian David Phillips •
F R E E H Y P N O S I S W O R K S H O P SEDUCTION MINDTRICKS Love’s Psychology of Social Influence Romantic Relationships and the Psychology of Influence A Free Experiential Hypnosis Workshop in Seduction Mindtricks Brian David Phillips, Ph.D., C.H. A glance, a whisper, a caress, a .…
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Social Influence at Work in a Very Creepy Way
by Brian David Phillips •
As part of the communication courses I teach at the university, I include a healthy helping of social influence, with a run down and demonstrational examples of the various laws of social influence as codified by Robert Cialdini in his work. Some of the examples I provide are straightforward from case studies and business while…
