Testing by the Institute for Applied Positive Research found that the growing technology of Positive Prime has the potential to quickly and effectively prepare an individual to create a positive mindset that results in potential improvements to health, educational and business outcomes, mood, energy and stress response.

The tests measured the impact of a single Positive Prime session upon an end user’s mood, both immediately and hours later.  Sessions displaying different positive images every one-and-a-half seconds for three minutes resulted in a higher positive mood immediately and had a statistically significant improvement of mood six to eight hours after the initial exposure. Subjects were 11 percent more likely to report a positive day compared to a group that watched sessions that contained negative or neutral images at the same speed.

When testing explicit (consciously aware) and implicit (similar to unconscious) memory, researchers found that between 27 and 48 percent of the content was consciously remembered and retained an hour later, and that the session positively impacted the unconscious thinking patterns of the user. For example, an hour later, users were asked to complete the spelling of the root PRO___. Positive Prime users were significantly more likely to fill in the blank with a positive word like “protect” (positive) instead of “problem” (negative) or “program” (neutral). This links into a body of research demonstrating that when the mind is positive, a host of positive impacts may ensue.

The Institute for Applied Positive Research was founded by Michelle Gielan and Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage and presenter of The Happy Secret to Better Work, the 20th-most watched Ted Talk to date, with more than 23 million views. Visit PrimeForGold.com for more information about Positive Prime.