Tag: Brain
Mood Congruency Recall and It’s Effect on Communication
June 22nd, 2009, 11 Comments
Mood Congruency and Its Effect On Our Communication
The Effect of Mood Valence on Memory Recall and Communication.
Have you ever noticed that when you are depressed that pretty much everything seems depressing? You may look at a couple happily walking down the street and all you are thinking about is how they are eventually going to [...]
The Blueprint of a Listener | Part 2 of 3 | The Mental Lexicon
March 5th, 2009, No Comments
Your effective communication skills start in your mental lexicon.
Yesterday we discussed the initial exposure to the sound stimulus and phonemes. Today we are going to talk about how the brain turns the phonemes into words via our mental lexicon so let’s get to it…
Decoding of a word’s meaning with the Mental Lexicon:
The processes that we [...]
The Blueprint of a Listener | Part 1 of 3 | Stimulus Processing And Decoding
March 5th, 2009, No Comments
Understanding the blueprint of a listener is necessary if your are to be a communication expert.
This one is a bit dense… So although it isn’t terribly lengthy I decided to break it up into three parts so you don’t fry your brain on it Although this is extremely foundational information, I believe [...]
David J. Parnell’s Introduction To Sleight of Mouth Patterns | Part 2 of 2 | The Quantum Nature Of A Thought’s Linguistic Perimeter
March 4th, 2009, No Comments
One of the founding fathers of quantum mechanics, the field from which we have derived the effective communication tool of quantum linguistics
The word quantum is Latin and means “how great” or “how much.” Now in quantum mechanics, it refers to a discrete (specific) unit (measurement) that quantum theory assigns to certain quantities, such as the [...]
David J. Parnell’s Introduction To Sleight of Mouth Patterns | Part 1 of 2 | Where Does Persuasion Occur?
March 4th, 2009, No Comments
Communication is the physiological and verbal manifestation of the string of thoughts being constructed in the mind of the originator. In other words, what you say and do while speaking to someone is the RESULT of a thought or string of thoughts. Just like communication, all of our other actions are the manifestation of the [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Body Language Tutorial | Part 7 of 7 | Body Language Displays For Effective Communication
March 3rd, 2009, No Comments
The Psychoevolutionary Theory and its place in the development of effective communication skills using body language
Today we are going to talk about how to increase congruence in your body language display and the message you want to send. I will cover 3 of the most often used emotions on a daily basis so that you [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Body Language Tutorial | Part 3 of 7 | Incongruence And Our Subconscious
March 3rd, 2009, No Comments
Incongruence literally means “not harmonious” per Webster’s dictionary (from incongruous). For our purposes this refers to the system of communication and the term system comprises many things… Language, content, abstraction level, tonality, etc… and last but certainly NOT least is body language. Let’s talk a bit further about how and where incongruity happens and how [...]
Getting Real About Eye Accessing Cues | Part 3 of 3 | Horizontal Visual, Auditory/A.Digital and Kinesthetic Positions
March 2nd, 2009, No Comments
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, we [...]
David J. Parnell’s Professional Listening Series | Part 1 – 4 | Effective Listening
February 17th, 2009, 1 Comment
Effective Listening is VITAL to a Communication Expert
The true functionality of “listening” to someone really is an elusive concept. When I talk about listening, you most likely think of hearing someone talk… Although this is a PART of the overall equation, it ISN’T THE equation. Webster’s online defines listening as “to hear something with thoughtful [...]
Selling The Lie, Getting The Girl And Sugary Sweet Communication. Does “Mental Energy” Really Exist?
September 4th, 2008, No Comments
What happens to your communication effectiveness when your mental energy is depleted?
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 [...]
