* Power Word
power of words - well known!
Here is the science and that wisdom can prove.
THANKS to the wonders of nature and Team SWR Professor Christian Elger
The experiment conducted in the mission was carried out with Professor Christian Elger
from the University of Bonn.
http://www.swr.de/naturwunder/-/id=1223312/nid=1223312/did=6669986/1jf6br8/index.html
We have all been the power of words to have felt. Whether we or others courage have made and then provided a great performance, or whether we have inadvertently said something that could be forgiven difficult - words change more often than we think. We can encourage comfort, or praise, but also lie or swear, choosing our words deliberately.
Even when the written word does this phenomenon and is used for example in advertising. With words you want us tempted to buy! Can they affect our actions - even if we perceive them may not even aware of? In the great natural wonders experiment we have taken this phenomenon very closely examined. In cooperation with the neurologist Professor Christian Elger from the University of Bonn, we conducted an experiment that shows how great the power of words really is.
Our 30 test subjects are initially unaware because we let them in the belief that it would go to in the language differences in men and women. All solve a simple set of puzzles. They have to bring words into a meaningful order, so that they form a sentence. Here's an example: "at night - Cats - gray - all - are "becomes" All cats are gray ". One half of the subjects solve puzzles neutral, the other half solves puzzle in which certain words are mentioned. to where we have quietly accommodated words that fall under the umbrella term "age" and characterize the subjects of this term: gray, as, wrinkles, antique glasses, ...
When subjects have completed their sheets, we are moving into the real experiment, because we ask for submission of the worksheet at the other end of a long hallway. This course is - unbeknownst to the subjects - measured the time needed for going to the end. Our calculations show that the subjects that were shaped in their worksheets to the term "age", were almost 2 seconds slower than the neutral control group. They needed for the 20m long corridor 12.9 seconds, as opposed to 11.1 seconds in the neutral group.
The explanation is as simple as striking. The human brain consists of different modules that are responsible for different things. The different regions are so well networked that they influence each other. Activates the perception of emotionally charged words the amygdala in the brain, known as the amygdala. The activity is then transferred on the adjacent motor cortex that controls our movements - we act! Or in this case - we are running slower.
of their daily life of this research is high. Although someone does not bring words to actions, which he refuses there was in principle, but they can generate, for example in advertising a mood that makes us susceptible to certain products. Let us think of summer, sun and beach, we buy more, for example, an ice cream. If we book our vacation, we look for more from a hotel with a display that holiday feeling awakens in us. A sun-drenched terrace overlooking the South Sea beach and a Mediterranean buffet draw in an entertaining atmosphere and promise us more than a balcony with sea views and dinner in the dining room.
Such advertising messages are one thing, but on the other hand, we can use the power of words for us. Who motivates children and ascribes them good, some with better performance in school. Colleagues who are praised for their good work, are more powerful and also in sports does the trick of self-motivation!
This phenomenon has been scientifically proven. It was named after Pygmalion, a sculptor who created a woman made of stone and according to his ideas so perfectly crafted that it is in it love. The Pygmalion effect is that a person is achievement of a performance more if they expect of him. This applies to both positive and negative effects for - so choose your words carefully!
- All broadcast dates:
- 08.05.2010 at 20:15 clock, The great natural wonder show, The First
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