Psychological Experiment - the human brain

maplman · Mar 4, 2011

This is a psychological experiment... It wont work if you don't follow the instructions correctly.

1. Keep hitting your head softly with your hands forming a fist. (softly) like knocking on your head.

2. Repeat the letters "T" and "M" while following instruction number 1.

Reply back with careful explanations of what happened when you followed the instructions. It's freaking amazing!

if it doesn't work for you then it means that you are really stressed out

Sir · Mar 4, 2011

Nothing really happened for me, and moved to Psychology section.

Provenance · Mar 4, 2011

I don't understand what is supposed to happen.
It just made it harder for me to concentrate on breathing.

maplman · Mar 4, 2011

Okay... The letters T and M make the the sound "empty".

ttomthebomb · Mar 4, 2011

Wouldn't you have to start with M and then T? Also, I guess it works but what is the point?
Easily this can be done without hitting my self in the head.

Provenance · Mar 4, 2011

ttomthebomb said:
Wouldn't you have to start with M and then T? Also, I guess it works but what is the point?
Easily this can be done without hitting my self in the head.

No, after you say T for the first time you will begin saying MT.
The point is that when you're hitting your head, you wouldn't notice or think about it.

Rhythm_mybb_import2559 · Mar 5, 2011

I don't see how this is psychology. This is more the way we pronounce things.

krazedkat · Mar 6, 2011

M - T
Empty
that has nothing to do with psychology, as mentioned above. It's simple pronounciation!

Provenance · Mar 6, 2011

krazedkat said:
M - T
Empty
that has nothing to do with psychology, as mentioned above. It's simple pronounciation!

The point is that nobody notices until they read the thread.
The words are reversed so we don't notice when we first read them, and we're hitting our head so we don't notice when we're saying it.

Oui. · Mar 6, 2011

Provenance said:
krazedkat said:

M - T
Empty
that has nothing to do with psychology, as mentioned above. It's simple pronounciation!

Click to expand...

The point is that nobody notices until they read the thread.
The words are reversed so we don't notice when we first read them, and we're hitting our head so we don't notice when we're saying it.

I didn't understand the point so I kept saying T-M without hitting my head and did not form the word "empty". Main reason is that when I pronounce 'T' I extend the 'ee' so it is 'Teeeee' unlike when I say Empty, the 'e' is said for a split second as I speak fast. Pronunciation - not psychology.

Provenance · Mar 6, 2011

Oui. said:
Provenance said:

krazedkat said:

M - T
Empty
that has nothing to do with psychology, as mentioned above. It's simple pronounciation!

Click to expand...

The point is that nobody notices until they read the thread.
The words are reversed so we don't notice when we first read them, and we're hitting our head so we don't notice when we're saying it.

Click to expand...

I didn't understand the point so I kept saying T-M without hitting my head and did not form the word "empty". Main reason is that when I pronounce 'T' I extend the 'ee' so it is 'Teeeee' unlike when I say Empty, the 'e' is said for a split second as I speak fast. Pronunciation - not psychology.

You extending the pronunciation has nothing to do with the point of it.
He didn't tell you to drag the letters out, did he?

Oui. · Mar 6, 2011

Provenance said:
Oui. said:

Provenance said:

krazedkat said:

M - T
Empty
that has nothing to do with psychology, as mentioned above. It's simple pronounciation!

Click to expand...

The point is that nobody notices until they read the thread.
The words are reversed so we don't notice when we first read them, and we're hitting our head so we don't notice when we're saying it.

Click to expand...

I didn't understand the point so I kept saying T-M without hitting my head and did not form the word "empty". Main reason is that when I pronounce 'T' I extend the 'ee' so it is 'Teeeee' unlike when I say Empty, the 'e' is said for a split second as I speak fast. Pronunciation - not psychology.

Click to expand...

You extending the pronunciation has nothing to do with the point of it.
He didn't tell you to drag the letters out, did he?

No he didn't as it is the general way of pronouncing 'T' in english.
T [ti:]
Empty [empti]

Just as there is a difference between 'keep' and 'sit'. Keep uses i: while the i in sit is just i.

Provenance · Mar 6, 2011

Oui. said:
No he didn't as it is the general way of pronouncing 'T' in english.
T [ti:]
Empty [empti]

Just as there is a difference between 'keep' and 'sit'. Keep uses i: while the i in sit is just i.

There is a difference between keep and sit, because keep uses a long sound.

Oui. · Mar 6, 2011

Provenance said:
Oui. said:

No he didn't as it is the general way of pronouncing 'T' in english.
T [ti:]
Empty [empti]

Just as there is a difference between 'keep' and 'sit'. Keep uses i: while the i in sit is just i.

Click to expand...

There is a difference between keep and sit, because keep uses a long sound.

Good. That is also how the i is used in "T" in english. It is a long sound.
The test is not about psychology rather than language.

Provenance · Mar 6, 2011

Oui. said:
Provenance said:

Oui. said:

No he didn't as it is the general way of pronouncing 'T' in english.
T [ti:]
Empty [empti]

Just as there is a difference between 'keep' and 'sit'. Keep uses i: while the i in sit is just i.

Click to expand...

There is a difference between keep and sit, because keep uses a long sound.

Click to expand...

Good. That is also how the i is used in "T" in english. It is a long sound.
The test is not about psychology rather than language.

No, it's not about language, except in your case.
The point is that your too stressed about the test (the way it is carried out), you won't notice the point of it.

Sir · Mar 6, 2011

This is Psychology, it has to do with Stress and the Mind, it just involves pronunciation to do the test.

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