In
1978, Dr. Alexander G. Schauss, Director of the American Institute for
Biosocial Research in Tacoma, Washington, while experimenting with the
effects of color on human beings, discovered that a certain shade of
pink lowered subjects' heart and respiration rates and had a
calming effect on them. Numerous tests have proved that even
a 15 minute stay in a room painted in BAKER-MILLER
PINK®
reduced potentially violent or aggressive behavior and exhibited
a definite calming influence on those individuals tested. The numerous
studies, as well as radio and television programs discussing the studies,
have resulted in an enormous interest from the public in general with
respect to the relaxing and calming effects of the color.
Extensive studies performed at several correctional
centers, psychiatric hospitals, and juvenile detention facilities, have
shown that using BAKER-MILLER
PINK® to
reduce aggression and encourage muscular relaxation is humane and involves
no medication or physical force. In repeated experiments with adolescents
and adults, a non-drug anesthetic-like effect occurred.
A South Bronx school for severely hyperactive
children has painted a room BAKER-MILLER
PINK®
yielding great results! Geriatric facilities have also used the color
to calm residents with neural abnormalities that trigger sudden
fits of rage.
Here's
what some experiments have shown:
In 1978, Dr. John N. Ott, a photobiologist,
performed a study that showed that subjects relaxed when they
stared at an 18 by 24 inch cardboard of a certain shade of pink, BAKER-MILLER
PINK®.
The pink color relaxed the subjects so much that they did not perform
simple strength tests as well as they did when viewing other hues.
You can try one of these experiments
yourself using your MoodMasterprint!
Simply raise
your arm to shoulder height and have a partner of equal strength try
to force your arm toward your waist. You should be able to offer enough
resistance to hold your arm up. Now simply stare at your MoodMasterprint
for a few minutes and repeat the procedure. You should experience a
feeling of general relaxation and a noticeable decrease in muscle strength
and your arm may be easily pushed to your side!
In 1979, Chief Clinical Psychologist, Paul
Boccumini, Ph.D., Director of Clinical Service for the San Bernadino
County Probation Department in southern California conducted a study
at the Kuiper Youth Center. Some significant previously unreported findings
were reported. The detention Centre placed 27 obstreperous youths in
a pink room. Subjects equally upset were placed in other colored rooms
in the same wing. Careful observation revealed that those youth placed
in the pink room followed a consistent pattern of behavior. After 2
to 3 minutes in the pink room, regardless of the degree of aggressive
verbal or physical behavior, each youth would become less verbally aggressive.
After approximately 5 to 6 minutes, each youth would desist from using
either physical violence or self-mutilative behavior. By the 8th or
9th minute, each youth would assume a relaxed sitting position or lay
on his or her back, spread out on the floor while frequently looking
at the ceiling. Within 10 minutes, each youth sufficiently calmed down
so that he or she could be returned to the main hall.
Also in 1979, Dr. Maria
Simonsen, M.D., Director of the Health, Weight and Stress Clinic at
John Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore, revealed after four years
of extensive research involving nearly 1700 subjects, that BAKER-MILLER
PINK®
has a peculiar appetite suppression effect. This effect, of suppressing
the desire for food, was confirmed in more than one-third
of subjects seeking methods for weight control at the hospital's clinic.
In 1980, the Chief of Management Science at
the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Los Angeles observed that
a few minutes exposure to BAKER-MILLER
PINK®
halted
aggressive behavior and calmed patients down very quickly.
Studies to further substantiate previous studies'
claims that BAKER-MILLER
PINK® lessens
aggression, decreases stress levels and moderates mood are in the process
of being scheduled. The implications of colours' effects on human behavior
are just beginning to be understood. The future holds many exciting
discoveries in this field.
'Control
your moods the natural way and live healthier with the MoodMaster.'