Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Developing Sensory Acuity

WHEN YOU LEARN to observe people well you will notice that they make minute subconscious changes. They are not aware of most of their involuntary movements or minor changes in physiology.

Investigators are well-trained in noticing the most delicate minor changes in people's physiology.

They can tell whether the person is lying simply by noting the changes of skin color (blushing, for example, even for a second, is very noticeable).

Even though you can improve your sensory acuity with eye accessing cues, sometimes they are not enough or are completely inappropriate for the person you're interacting with.

The physiological changes that you can notice in others can be considered to be on a continuum:
Skin color: Light OR Dark
Muscles tone: Symmetrical OR Asymmetrical
Breathing rate: Slow OR Fast
Breathing location: Low OR High
Size of lower lip: With lines OR No lines
Pupil dilation: Dilated OR Not dilated
Eyes focus: Focused OR Not focused

Source: (Page 199 of "The Big Book Of NLP")

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