As you interact with people, you may notice that some people tend to look up when they remember or say things. These are people who pre-dominantly represent their thoughts and experiences as images in their mind. In addition to observing that the other person tends to look up when they speak, you will also notice that they tend to use visual words and phrases and behave in a certain manner as listed below.
In order to effectively communicate with them use keywords and phrases such as the ones listed below when you talk to them.
Eye Movement of a Visual Person: Looks upwards
To recollect a memory: Eyes move up and to the left (your right when you look at them).
To construct a thought into words : Eyes move up and to the right (your left when you look at them).
Keywords used by a Visual Person
See
Show
Visualize
Look
Picture
Flash
Appear
Point
Appear
View
Dawn
Reveal
Envision
Illuminate
Twinkle
Clear
Foggy
Focused
Hazy
Crystalize
Clear
Image
Sparkling
Snap-shot
Vivid
Phrases used by a Visual Person
Let me show you
Can you see?
Can you look into this?
An eyeful
Appears to me
Beyond a shadow of a doubt
Bird’s eye view
Catch a glimpse of
Clear cut
Dim view
Eye to eye
Flashed on
Get a perspective on
Get a scope on
Hazy idea
Horse of a different color
In light of
In
view of
Make
a scene
Mental
image
Mental
picture
Mind’s
eye
Naked eye
Paint a picture
Photographic memory
Plainly seen
Pretty as a picture
See to it
Short sighted
Showing off
Sight for sore eyes
Staring off into space
Take a peak
Tunnel vision
Under your nose
Characteristics of a Visual Person
They speak faster.
They breathe shallowly from upper chest/neck.
They gesture upwards (head and above) with their hands.
