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| ====== Representational systems in NLP ====== | {{tag>Related NLP}} |
| | ====== Representational Systems and Eye Movements in NLP ====== |
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| ===== Eye movements and internal representations ===== | ===== Eye movements and internal representations ===== |
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| One of the first people to suggest that eye movements were related to internal representations[(NLPRepresentational>Representational systems (NLP)[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_systems_(NLP)|Wikipedia]])] was the American Psychologist, who is touted by many to be the father of modern psychology, William James in his book Principles of Psychology (1890, pp. 193-195). After observing the micro-eye-movements that were happening as the person was thinking a certain thought, James wrote: | One of the first people to suggest that eye movements were related to internal representations[(NLPRepresentational>Representational systems (NLP)[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_systems_(NLP)|Wikipedia]])] was the American Psychologist, who is touted by many to be the father of modern psychology, William James in his book Principles of Psychology [( :harvard:James1890>> |
| | authors : William James |
| // "In attending to either an idea or a sensation belonging to a particular sense-sphere, the movement is the adjustment of the sense-organ, felt as it occurs. I cannot think in visual terms, or example, without feeling a fluctuating play of pressures, convergences, divergences, and accommodations in my eyeballs...When I try to remember or reflect, the movements in question. . .feel like a sort of withdrawal from the outer world. As far as I can detect, these feelings are due to an actual rolling outwards and upwards of the eyeballs."// | title : The principles of psychology |
| | publisher : Openlibrary |
| | published : 1890 |
| | url : https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7112992M/The_principles_of_psychology |
| | )]. After observing the micro-eye-movements that were happening as the person was thinking a certain thought, James wrote: |
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| | <blockquote>"In attending to either an idea or a sensation belonging to a particular sense-sphere, the movement is the adjustment of the sense-organ, felt as it occurs. I cannot think in visual terms, or example, without feeling a fluctuating play of pressures, convergences, divergences, and accommodations in my eyeballs...When I try to remember or reflect, the movements in question. . .feel like a sort of withdrawal from the outer world. As far as I can detect, these feelings are due to an actual rolling outwards and upwards of the eyeballs."<cite>Principles of Psychology (pp. 193-195)</cite></blockquote> |
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| | According to NLP theory, certain eye movements are associated with specific types of thoughts or mental processes. For example, looking up to the left is said to be associated with accessing visual memories, while looking down to the right is said to be associated with accessing auditory memories. NLP practitioners may use eye movements as part of an assessment of a person's thoughts and emotional state, and may also use eye movement techniques as a way to help people change their thoughts or behaviors. |
| =====Notation and strategies===== | =====Notation and strategies===== |
| In documenting mental strategies and processing by the senses, NLP practitioners often use a simple shorthand for different modalities, with a letter indicating the representation system concerned, and often, a superscript to indicate how that system is being used. Three key aspects are commonly notated: The ''representation system'' being used (visual/V, auditory/A, kinesthetic/K, and occasionally, O/G), whether the ''direction of attention'' is internal <sup>(i)</sup> or external <sup>(e)</sup>, and whether the event is a ''recollection'' of an actual past event <sup>(r)</sup> or ''construction'' of an imaginary event <sup>(c)</sup>. Due to its importance in human cognitive processing, auditory internal dialogue, or talking in one's head, has its own shorthand: A<sup>id</sup>. | In documenting mental strategies and processing by the senses, NLP practitioners often use a simple shorthand for different modalities, with a letter indicating the representation system concerned, and often, a superscript to indicate how that system is being used. Three key aspects are commonly notated: The ''representation system'' being used (visual/V, auditory/A, kinesthetic/K, and occasionally, O/G), whether the ''direction of attention'' is internal <sup>(i)</sup> or external <sup>(e)</sup>, and whether the event is a ''recollection'' of an actual past event <sup>(r)</sup> or ''construction'' of an imaginary event <sup>(c)</sup>. Due to its importance in human cognitive processing, auditory internal dialogue, or talking in one's head, has its own shorthand: A<sup>id</sup>. |
| Logically, these or similar steps ''must'' take place somewhere in consciousness in order to cognitively make sense of the question and answer it. A sequence of this kind is known in NLP as a strategy – in this case, a functional outline of the strategy used by the mind in answering that question. In a similar way, the process leading to a panic attack of the form "I see the clock, ask myself where the kids are, imagine everything that could be happening and feel scared" might be notated as having a subjective structure: V<sup>e</sup> → A<sup>id</sup> → V<sup>ic</sup> → K<sup>i</sup>, signifying that an external sight leads to internal dialog (a question), followed by internal and constructed images, leading to a feeling. | Logically, these or similar steps ''must'' take place somewhere in consciousness in order to cognitively make sense of the question and answer it. A sequence of this kind is known in NLP as a strategy – in this case, a functional outline of the strategy used by the mind in answering that question. In a similar way, the process leading to a panic attack of the form "I see the clock, ask myself where the kids are, imagine everything that could be happening and feel scared" might be notated as having a subjective structure: V<sup>e</sup> → A<sup>id</sup> → V<sup>ic</sup> → K<sup>i</sup>, signifying that an external sight leads to internal dialog (a question), followed by internal and constructed images, leading to a feeling. |
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| <WRAP COLUMN 400px> | <WRAP RIGHT 400px> |
| <figure>{{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Mouvements-oculaires-PNL.jpg/500px-Mouvements-oculaires-PNL.jpg | <figure>{{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Mouvements-oculaires-PNL.jpg/500px-Mouvements-oculaires-PNL.jpg |
| | The most common arrangement for eye accessing cues in a right-handed person.}}<caption>[[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mouvements-oculaires-PNL.jpg|Windhorse]] „ Eye Movements in NPL“ [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en| CC-BY-SA-3.0]]</caption> | | The most common arrangement for eye accessing cues in a right-handed person.}}<caption>[[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mouvements-oculaires-PNL.jpg|Windhorse]] „ Eye Movements in NPL“ [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en| CC-BY-SA-3.0]]</caption> |
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| Note: – NLP does ''not'' say it is 'always' this way, but rather that one should check whether reliable correlations seem to exist for an individual, and if so what they are | Note: – NLP does ''not'' say it is 'always' this way, but rather that one should check whether reliable correlations seem to exist for an individual, and if so what they are |
| Common (but not universal) Western layout of eye accessing cues: <WRAP clear/> | Common (but not universal) Western layout of eye accessing cues: |
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| * Upwards (left/right) – Visual (V) – "I can ''imagine'' the big ''picture''" | * Upwards (left/right) – Visual (V) – "I can ''imagine'' the big ''picture''" |
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| Source: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_systems_(NLP)|Wikipedia]]|[[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en| CC-BY-SA-3.0]] | Source: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_systems_(NLP)|Wikipedia]]|[[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en| CC-BY-SA-3.0]] |
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| ====Do it yourself==== | ====Do it yourself==== |
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| Here is a way for you to test the NLP patterns on yourself. Find someone, and get them to ask you questions like the following to notice the different movements: | Here is a way for you to test the NLP patterns on yourself.[(EP>NLP Eye Patterns filmed by Toby and Kate McCartney.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhYoHJTRK94|Youtube]])] Find someone, and get them to ask you questions like the following to notice the different movements: |
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| **Kinesthetic**: What would it feel like if you were walking on hot sand right now? How does it feel like to walk in the rain? | **Kinesthetic**: What would it feel like if you were walking on hot sand right now? How does it feel like to walk in the rain? |
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