The eye accessing cues are movement patterns that give a clear indication of the part of the brain being utilised and the representational system that is currently being accessed. Although a system specific question such as "How did it feel...?" will initiate the accessing of that system (in this case kinaesthetic) regardless of the person's dominant system, a nonspecific question will allow someone to go into their dominant system. For example, a question such as "What was it like?" will leave it wide open for a visual to access visually, a kinaesthetic to access feelings, or an audio to access internal sounds. Occasionally you will see someone "cascading" by moving their eyes through all systems as they search for information, which is known as a transderivational search.
Pictured eye accessing chart for right handed person. Left handed people are usually reversed on the vertical axis.
While the words will give the conscious system, the eye-accessing will give the unconscious system. The missing system of the three will be the out-of-conscious unconscious system. Any changework done in this system will tend to be lost to conscious awareness.
VR = Visual Recall
Eyes move up and to his left as he accesses eidetic (remembered) visual images.
VC = Visual Construct
Eyes move up and to his right as he constructs new visual images.
AR = Audio Recall
Eyes move directly to his left (towards the ear) as he internally hears previously heard sounds.
AC = Audio Construct
Eyes move directly to his right (towards the ear) as he creates new internal sounds.
A = Audio / AD = Audio Digital (talking to yourself in your own head)
Eyes move down and to his left as he hears internal conversations.
K = Kinaesthetic (feelings)
Eyes move down and to his right as feelings are accessed.
Note: Gustatory (taste) and olfactory (smell) are subgroups in the kinaesthetic system. When someone is processing these senses, watch for the down and to the right kinaesthetic accessing cue.
