Saturday, June 21, 2008

Small part of NLP vindicated

According to a 2007 paper, people find it easier to recall memories when in a similar body position.

The paper is:
Dijkstra, K., Kaschak, M.P., & Zwaan, R.A. (2007). Body posture faciltates retrieval of autobiographical memories. Cognition, 102, 139-149.

It is covered in the Cognitive Daily blog.

While speaking of body positions, it is said it is much easier for us to think clearly when lying down, hence psychologists offices setup.

Past research has shown smell, as an example, can help stimulate memory as well.

So, what's the relevance to NLP you ask? Body position is one of the things it preaches.

Pinky.

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