42 Psychological Tricks That Will Make You Look Like You Can Read Minds

Instead of telling them to have a nice day, say “I hope you enjoy your next 24 hours”.

Subconscious priming is a fun one. A college professor tried this on the class and it worked. It basically worked like this: She read a list of words, then asked us which laundry detergent our mother used when we were kids. About 85% of the class answered "Tide," but that's because she primed us to say that.

Some of the words in the in the list she read were innocuous, like "wheel" and "extraordinary," but sprinkled into the list were many words that have to do with ocean tides, like "high" and "low" and "wave" and "moon" and "ocean" and "beach."

Tide is only about 40% of the detergent market share, but twice as many people will distinctly remember their mothers buying Tide detergent if you prime them correctly.

You can do the trick yourself as I explained above.

Say 'fort' three times.

Now, what do you eat soup with?

This doesn't work with everyone, but it works with a lot of people. You can tell people to do this and watch, or do it yourself and experience it.

Close your eyes, hold out your arm in front of you and imagine that you're holding a string attached to 100 balloons, a big mass of balloons.

After that, do the same thing, but imagine you're holding a bucket full of sand by the handle.

What happens?

Studies show using hand gestures while speaking makes you seem more trust worthy and desirable.

Next time you play rock, paper, scissors with someone, tell your opponent what you are going to pick and stick with it. For example, tell them before you start they you are going to pick rock and be very convincing when you do. Most of the time people will assume you are trying to trick them so they will pick scissors instead of paper. Easy way to win.

Get two relatives to sit next to each other, and cross their near arms over each other. Cover the top with a blanket or jumper or whatever, so they can see their forearms, wrists and hands but not their shoulders. It should look, to them like they the other one's arm is theirs.

Use a pen or a feather or something to gently tap, and move on one of their (switched) hands. Distract them, and keep re-routing their attention back. It might start to feel to them like the other person's hand is theirs! If only one person wants to play, you can do similar things with a mirror, and one of their hands on a table and the other under. You can try that one on yourself first, and see what it's like. Then, you give them instructions like 'clap', and 'tap your left hand twice, your right hand three times, and your left hand once, and your right hand another two times'. Good if they've already had a drink on Christmas day.

Ok, I got this from a previous subreddit. But the ones which have worked with me so far are -
•If someone is attracted to you they will talk in a different tone (higher or lower pitch) than normal.
•If the person you are having a conversation with has his feet pointing away from you isn't interested and vice versa.

As a kid when I wanted the new Pokemon game I would first ask my dad for something then cut myself off and say "no I am sorry never mind" and then he would be like "no say what you were going to say" and then I said I wanted the game and then he said he would pick it up.

Yes I was a spoiled little j**k as a kid.

If you have anxiety while talking to someone chew some gum it tricks your brain into acting calm.

If you are in an argument stay as calm as possible and when they are done stay silent and stare at them it will piss them off so much.

I don't know if this is a psychology trick but sometimes it's funny to just look flatly at someone while they're speaking to you (as opposed to nodding and going "uh huh" a lot) and watch them become increasingly nervous.

The cube story. I used it with my friends for fun, then moved on to use it to strangers I meet at events. Note that this might take a while so you better be charming(after doing this, you're going to be) and hope they pay attention very well (works best if they're a bit tipsy since drunks have their senses heightened and explains their answers vividly) and requires you to do a bit of adlib.

How to do it: i'll do it to you to first ;) and i'll explain it at the bottom of this wall of text.

Imagine you are in a desert, maybe a plain field like the windows xp background. You can only see the ground and the sky. Now a cube suddenly appears. Does it appear floating? Out of thin air? Or did it popped up on the ground? Or just tell me how. Next, how big is it? Does it compare to the size of your computer? Trash bin? A car? Next, What's the color of the cube? Now, if you shine a light to the cube, does all of the light pass through? Some light? Or none at all??

Next, a ladder appears by the cube, how is it positioned? Is it leaning on the cube? Is the cube sitting on it? Surprise me!

Next, a horse appears. Tell me everything about the horse, what it looks like, what is it doing, and its personality.

Finally, flowers would appear everywhere. How many are there? Where did it appear? How big is the flower?

END

The Cube represents you. So if it pops up on the ground, it means you are grounded by your decisions and your stance in life. If it is floating, then you're still not sure about it, but hey, you're willing to try something new.

Now, the size of the cube represents your ego. Bigger the cube means bigger ego or overconfident, smaller it is, the smaller you ego is. T

he color of the cube is your personality, red is violent, green is comfortable, blue is mellow. If the light passes through, then you can be emotionally be read. If none, then you're pretty hard to read but also hard for you to convey emotions deeply.

The Ladder represents family, if the ladder is leaning on the cube then you feel supported by your family. Side by side, then you are pretty tight with them. If the ladder is a bit far away then you are distanced from your family.

The Horse represents your ideal partner or your crush. What ever personality/looks then that is your answer.

Lastly, the flowers represents your problems. How many and where(pops up by the cube, ladder, horse) then you have a problem with that and how big it is then that is how much it is bothering you.


Notes: if you ever use this, BE RESPONSIBLE . I had someone broke down in front of me after this and it wasn't pretty. And I got lazy to this part because it is actually hard to explain how.

Pretend you don't know what a potato is.

If you interrupt someone mid sentence its often easier to get them to talk about what they really want to say or to express the true underlying issues or topic that gave rise to the original conversation to begin with.

If you have a crush on someone that you regularly interact with try this. If you know of a certain snack they like,offer it to them every time you say hi to them or greet them (about 7 times needed).After this,they will feel happy when seeing you even if you don't have the snack. Classical conditioning.

Want a favor from someone? It's actually pretty easy using either of these two techniques: Foot in the Door, and Door in the Face.

1) This one is fun, as it works on near-strangers, like colleagues you barely know. Ask for a small favor first, then gradually build up. Say, for example, you need to move a heavy couch. Start by asking someone to hand you a book. Ask for a stapler. Ask THEM to staple you a paper. Ask for a piece of their lunch. Within a week or so, if you increase you requests gradually, you'll have a friend, a loyal servant, and a successfully moved couch.

2) This one takes much less time to set up, but is more risky. You probably want to use it on people who already like you, like friends and family. Basically, ask for something ridiculous, then scale it way down to what you actually wanted.

You, as a teenager: "Mom, can I have a new car please?"

Mom: "Of course not! We don't have the money!"

You: "Fine. Can I at least have a tattoo then?"

Mom: "I guess it would be ok.."

And BAM. Even if mom doesn't like tattoos, she feels bad for refusing your first request and jumps on the chance to make you feel better, inadvertantly falling for your trap perfectly. MWUHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Neurological test:

Make sure you have plenty of room for this.

Have someone stand up and extend their arms straight out in front of them.

Have them close their eyes and then march in place for a minute. Make sure to tell them to raise tbeir knees really high as they're marching in place.

When they're done have them open their eyes.

Laugh at the result.

Pretend to be a person that seems to be an easy bully target. Then see how people treat that persona. Only break character when you've been challenged in any way. They won't be prepared.

These physical signs can indicate someone is lying:

When they say something like,"Oh no, I'm perfectly fine", and their shoulder or shoulders move up, they're lying.

If their voice goes up an octave.

Their palms get sweaty or abnormally warm (you could shake their hand to tell)

You can find out more of these signs by watching a TV show, if you haven't already, called Lie to me. It's got Tim Roth in it, and it's based off of the psych findings of a guy named Paul Ekman who studies emotions and facial expressions. It's on Netflix too :)