eye movements and cognitive state

[gustavolacerda]

Skeptical friends: some people say that when remembering things, your eyes move in a certain direction; when inventing things, they move in a different direction. The source of these ideas seems to be a pseudo-scientific field known as "Neuro-Linguistic Programming" (NLP). Is there any empirical basis for this claim?

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Comments

[olifhar]

No.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0040259

[gustavolacerda]

Thank you!