Written by: Kabya Oli - 29014, Grade VI
Posted on: 02 March, 2023
Say what is mentalism? Briefly it is knowing somebody without them telling you anything. People say that mentalism is not possible and it's just a fictional thing that people made up. However mentalism is actually possible scientifically.First of all mentalism is about knowing yourself, because first of all to know how to read other people's mind you need to know what's going on in your mind. This article is about how you can know what's going on in other people's heads by their body language .
According to neuroscientist Lynne Franklin, there are three types of people you need to know about. A looker, most of the population. A listener and a toucher.
A looker is somebody who likes to make eye contact with other people.They tend to look your way . 75% of the people on earth are lookers. Their mind works on images, pictures, colours etc.
Whenever they think about something very important, they think with images and what they see.
They care about what people think about them, so they dress very formally.
If you happen to meet them and don’t make eye contact they will think you are not paying attention even if you are because people think that everybody is like them, which is totally wrong.They understand and you will find kinds of sentences like “I will look out for you” or “I see..”.
Another one is a listener who tends to look at their bottom left corner. Because that is where you look when you try to remember something. Something important to you. They are 20% of the population.Their mind uses words and sounds to remember.They don’t care about what other people think about them as much as lookers do. You can often find them murmuring something to themselves.They understand and you will find kinds of sentences like “Let’s hear you out” or “that sounds nice”.
The last one, are touchers. 5% of the population .They tend to lean forward towards you. They like to hug people even though it is their first time meeting them. Gentle taps on your shoulders are common and seem more genuine towards them. They also tend to look down because that is where you remember a feeling. They use sentences like “let’s keep in touch”.
If you don’t know if you are a toucher,looker or a listener it is okay because you might be in a confusion because everybody is a little of everything.
But the trick to find you is to close your eyes and remember an important day or event. Did you see it like a movie, did you describe it to yourself or did you feel it ?
