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Sensory acuity is about becoming aware of minute changes in other
people in response to different things. For example when someone
agrees with you their voice tonality may change slightly, their
pupils change size, their skin colour changes, their lower lip size
changes or their breathing may change.
Traditional body language trainings ascribe meaning to each thing,
however NLP training emphasises that for each person changes in
physiology may have different meaning. You can 'calibrate' the changes
in other people in various ways, for example talk to the person
about something you know they agree with and notice any physiology
changes, then talk about something you know they don't agree with
and note any changes. Then when you are talking about things that
you do not know whether they agree with or not, you can know instantly
what their response is.
In 'cold reading' this can be a vital skill. If you are talking
about something you can notice instantly that your communication
is not being accepted, and you can change what you are saying.
NLP breaks down sensory acuity into its key elements and offers
exercises to practice building up your sensory acuity. One more
advanced exercise is to have someone tell 3 stories and you will
be able to instanly tell which is true or not by noticing very subtle
physiological shifts.
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