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I just looked it up. Here's a link that explains it:

http://www.onionmountaintech.com/files/%20Tech%20and%20Org%20handout%205%20pg%202006.pdf

Apparently, looking up and to the left (from the observer's perspective) when trying to remember something = a visual learner who prefers maps, graphs, etc., not words.

At least that's what it says on the ol' Interweb! So it must be true!

Here's a little tidbit: looking up and to the left indicates the person is recalling. Up and to the right signals creating. In most cases. Good to know in a meeting with the school administrator. You might be able to tell if they are outright lying!!!!!!

Incog

I've heard that, 'Neato, but this pdf says that looking up and to the right means you're visual with a preference for words, not lying.

As someone who is visual with a preference for words, I'd hate for people to think I'm lying when I'm not! (Though I haven't checked to see which way I actually look when I'm recalling something...)

I'm not seeing any real evidence for either interpretation, so maybe both are bunk. Dunno. I sure wouldn't take either as the gospel truth!

My pleasure, Dottie. I mean, it's not like I have a book I should be writing or anything...

Oh, wait!

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On the bright side, I have more childcare help starting today--YIPPEE!--so hopefully I will be posting less and working more now.

Get some work done, but, we will miss not seeing you post as often!!

P.s. I also tend to look to the right when I'm thinking. Sometimes I catch myself in conversation and look to the left on purpose in case the person thinks I'm "creating"

Hee hee hee

I do that, too! I just think my creative side is so strong that it takes over, even when I'm not "creating" a story.

I have always thought of myself as a visual learner and I look down. I am definitely not a kinesthetic learner.

When I listen to people talk and I am trying to remember something they are saying or what I am going to say in response, I look down.

My son asks me what I find so interesting about the floor when he notices me looking down. I guess I have my own quirks.

I have heard of Spellbound but I have not seen it. There is no way my son would spend that amount of time working on spelling if he were in school.

At home he sees interesting words all day long through reading higher level books than they would let him read at our public school. He is reading a thesaurus and he lets me quiz him on the spelling of these words. He reads National Graphic magazine and Popular Science. He reads a lot of stuff on Wikipedia and clicks on the links to learn more and he always notices new words. He likes to look up the definitions and etymology. His MMORPG games and Yu-Gi-Oh games contain words that were on his spelling bee list. He likes to use the words in his speech whenever he gets a chance even though he found out this is not socially acceptable. You are supposed to dumb down your conversation even around adults.

His piano teacher today talked to him about how bad she felt when she made dumb mistakes and how she had to learn to get past it and she did. I haven't told his acting teacher yet. I think she will be very surprised that he got stage fright since he has had to do parts before in musical theater where he was the only person on stage speaking in front of an audience. He has even had to sing solo parts and that didn't bother him that much although he prefers to sing in a group. He was even surprised that he "finally experienced stagefright."

Spellbound is a very, very good documentary. Rent it !

I just bought Spellbound and we will try to watch it soon. I sent an email to my son's acting teacher telling her how my son did at the spelling bee and she was very surprised to hear that he got stage fright and that he misspelled a word. She said she remembered when she first met him when he was 4 that he was both spelling and identifying all the words, even really big words, that the high school age kids were spelling out for him.

His OT said in her assessment that he has obvious anxieties and I am hoping that with sensory integration therapy, he will get over this.