Editing Reverse speech (section)

{{short description|Pseudoscientific claim of subconscious hidden messages}}
{{About|the theory of reversed messages in normal speech|hidden messages in recordings|backmasking|the act of speaking backwards|backward speech| the act of speaking while inhaling or gasping|ingressive speech}}
'''Reverse speech''' is a [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific topic]]<ref name="demon"/><ref name="newbrook"/><ref name="darkecho">{{Cite web | url=http://www.darkecho.com/skepticalbeliever/reverse.html | accessdate=6 February 2009 | last=Shirley | first=John | title=Reverse Speech | work=The Skeptical Believer | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129080431/http://darkecho.com/skepticalbeliever/reverse.html | archivedate=29 January 2009 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> first advocated by David John Oates which gained publicity when it was mentioned on [[Art Bell]]'s nightly [[Coast to Coast AM]] radio talk show.<ref>May 23rd 1997 Coast to Coast AM broadcast with [[Sean David Morton]] and "Victor".</ref> It is based upon the theory that during [[spoken language]] [[Language production|production]], human speakers [[subconscious]]ly produce [[hidden message]]s that give insights into their innermost thoughts. Oates claims that it therefore has applications in [[psychotherapy]], [[criminology]] and business [[negotiation]]. The theory has been rejected by mainstream science and [[academia]].