Grammatical encoding is the process of taking in a preverbal message (the “mental concept” as it exists prior to describing it with words) and producing surface structures as output based on the activation and usage of singular and syntactic words and their “rules” as are held in the mental lexicon (the mental vocabulary).
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When two people are communicating with each other, it is very safe to say that there is a joint action taking place. What this means is that the two or more parties are aware of some goal of the joint activity and of some form of common ground. Now what that common ground may [...]
What is speech? What’s the big deal about being able to talk? Very rarely do we stop to think about how amazing the ability to speak to someone really is. Could you imagine a world where there were no language, no writing and no other form of communication outside of grunts and yelling and [...]
In my previous post we discussed the vertical activation and redistribution of images through the upper, middle and lower fields of vision. The other and more important component for the purpose of accurate “lie detection” is the horizontal activation. Rather than some long rehash, let’s just get right into it…
As you probably already know, [...]
Imagine you’re having a conversation with someone and they ask you to tell them about the movie “Hitchcock” that you saw last week with Will Smith. For you to even begin your thought sequence, your mind wants to recall the name “Hitchcock” on the cover of the DVD box from Blockbuster. In order to do [...]
The term Eye Accessing Cues refers to the positioning of the eye balls in certain areas when “accessing” information internally. They are based on certain criteria that generally revolve around the VAK predicate system with the addition of a category for raw information. It has been a strong buzz term for years at this [...]
As we determined in the previous post, when we reduce “listening” down to its purest form, it is the process of gathering information. When a communicator begins to CONSCIOUSLY determine for what purpose the information is being gathered AND what information specifically is being gathered is where they truly become an effective listener.
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If you are going to effectively communicate with someone it is imperative that you ensure that they are both hearing and understanding what it is that you are say. This is difficult to know for two reasons:
We have developed incredibly powerful subconscious and automatic social [...]
Due to the harsh realities of the world and the undeniable necessity to have a mentally stable “human” in order to pass genes on from generation to generation, the evolution of a mind that can ward off negative emotion is one of the end results…
There are five major factors that are working constantly to assure [...]
Effective communication is a lot more than simply choosing the right words. Being persuasive, forming the right communication strategies and speaking effectively are just a few of the components necessary for people to communicate effectively.
One important component that is often overlooked is mental energy reserves. Now, I understand very well that the concept of mental [...]
