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From: Blue Chip
Date: Mon Mar 17, 2003 7:09pm
Subject: Re: [Derren Brown] Re: eye cues
At 14:14 17/03/03 +0000, you wrote:
> > They're certainly not a waste of time. But just like body language,
> > etc... They shouldn't be taken too seriously!
> >
>
>Hi, first post to this group so hello! Just wanted to say that I
>agree, they aren't a waste of time. Originally, a tool for therapy,
>the eye movements helped to detect which modality (V,A or K) a person
>was using (both consciously and unconsciously) and so helped improve
>communication between therapist and client. Also, it helps to
>identify those modalities the client associated with bad and good
>memories/phobias/traumas etc., and this information is used to
>overcome psychological problems. I first read about this in the
>book 'Monsters and Magical Sticks' by Stephen Heller - an intersting
>read.
>
>Outside of therapy it's useful for telling if someone is lying (or
>embellishing the truth :), and knowing what language to use with them
>(I *See*, or *Sounds* good etc...). Interestingly in the book 'Frogs
>into Princes', Richard Bandler alludes to a methods for making people
>see things that aren't quite there using this knowledge. Shame he
>didn't elaborate...(this is the dog you're looking for - slap hand to
>move eyes to the upper left..., visual recall...mmm)
>
>Some people are dead-giveaways with the eyes. I wonder if the guy on
>the polygraph was one of them?
LOL - the guy on the polygraph is funny. Every time he tells the truth he
closes his eyes and takes a long slow nod before opening them again.
Remeber DB had 30 minutes of known-good analysis to pick up on these things
before he "got it first time, straight off"
> Mark.
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