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Subject:RE: Do you edit with your mouth open? From:"Robert Landry" <robert -dot- landry -at- rapt -dot- com> To:"Barbara Philbrick" <caslon -at- alltel -dot- net>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:52:13 -0700
I seem to remember watching some reality or forensics show where an
expert indicated that looking up to the right was an indication that a
witness or suspect was trying to remember something, and looking up to
the left or down was an indication that a witness was not telling the
truth, or looking to invent the truth.
<rolls eyes up to the right>
Robert J. Landry
Senior Technical Writer
Rapt Inc.
phone: 415-932-2687
email: robert -dot- landry -at- rapt -dot- com
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Behalf Of Barbara Philbrick
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:56 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Do you edit with your mouth open?
I do the same thing, and always feel a little bit dorky about it, but it
works for me.
I can't find a quick Google answer to this, but I think looking up is an
indicator for kinesthetic learners. (Or maybe visual learners? Clears
the
distractions so we can think.)
Barb
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Of
Fred Ridder
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 9:01 AM
To: sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Do you edit with your mouth open?
It's good to know that I'm not the only person who admits to that same
"looking for the answer" behavior (although I don't stand on one foot
when I
do it) or to have gotten into hot water for rolling my eyes when asked a
question. Since I couldn't seem to break myself of the habit, I learned
instead to exaggerate the tic by tilting my whole head so that the
motion is
not just an eye roll.
My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel.
Fred Ridder
Intel
Parsippany, NJ
>From: "Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net>
>To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com, Susan Hogarth <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com>
>Subject: Re: Do you edit with your mouth open?
>Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:22:53 -0400
>
>When I was a kid, I used to stick my tongue out when I was working hard
>or concentrating hard. I stopped doing that at some time in my life,
>but I don't know when.
>
>However, when someone asks me a question, I roll my eyes and look up
>and to the right. I think that's where the answer is stored. <g> Many
>years ago, a conference speaker evaluation accused me of thinking that
>the questions the audience asked were stupid because I rolled my eyes.
>After that, I started giving a disclaimer before my talks.
>
>Just recently, the subject of body language came up at home, and I told
>my husband about that old eval and that I now give a disclaimer before
>each talk. He laughed. Said he's seen me do it several times and that I
>also stand on one foot when that happens.
>
>-Sue Gallagher
>
>---- Susan Hogarth <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > I do. I have no idea why, but I notice that when I'm very focused,
> > my mouth dries out :)
> >
> > Or do you stick out your tongue, grind your teeth, chew your lips,
> > tap your toes, or ...?
> >
> > What mechanical 'crutch' does your mind associate with working?
>
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