Research
An annotated library of NLP-relevant research — what was tested, what was found, what it means.
- Eye Movement ResearchThe claim — that eye directions indicate sensory processing — is NLP's most-tested and worst-surviving hypothe…
- Representational Systems ResearchThe "preferred representational system" (PRS) hypothesis — that people have a stable dominant sensory channel …
- Mental Practice ResearchMental practice — rehearsing skills in imagination — is among the best-supported findings in performance psych…
- Framing Effects ResearchThat identical facts framed differently produce different decisions is among psychology's most robust findings…
- Rapport & Mimicry ResearchBehavioural mimicry increases liking and smooths interaction — demonstrated repeatedly in social psychology si…
- Solution-Focused EvidenceSolution-focused brief therapy — built on outcome-and-resources orientation startlingly similar to NLP's — has…
- Expectancy EffectsExpectation changes outcomes — powerfully — which is both a real mechanism NLP techniques may leverage and the…
- Systematic Reviews of NLPThe field's formal evidence assessments — Sharpley's 1980s reviews, Witkowski's 2010 decade-synthesis — conver…
- Hypnotic Suggestion ResearchHypnosis is a genuinely researched phenomenon — suggestibility varies measurably, and hypnotic language has re…
- Imagery Rescripting ResearchImagery rescripting — editing the imagery of memories in therapy — has a growing evidence base and striking st…
- Coaching Outcome ResearchCoaching as a discipline has accumulating outcome evidence — moderate positive effects on performance and well…
- Anchoring & Conditioning ResearchAnchoring is applied classical conditioning — one of psychology's oldest, most replicated phenomena — wearing …
- The Mehrabian Myth (7-38-55)The claim — 93% of communication is nonverbal — is a misreading of Albert Mehrabian's 1967 studies, which test…
- Goal-Setting Research (Locke & Latham)Four decades of organisational-psychology research establish that specific, challenging goals outperform vague…
- Self-Efficacy Research (Bandura)Albert Bandura's self-efficacy programme — belief in one's capability to execute a behaviour predicts persiste…
- Cognitive Reframing (CBT Research)Cognitive restructuring — identifying, examining and re-evaluating distorted interpretations — is a core, tria…
- Growth Mindset: Evidence & CaveatsDweck's mindset programme shows real effects — smaller and more conditional than popularised, per the larger r…
- Power Posing: The Replication LessonAmy Cuddy's power-posing effects — hormonal changes from posture — largely failed replication; the subjective-…
- Active Listening: Evidence NotesActive listening — the paraphrase-and-reflect core of every communication course — has a thinner direct trial …
- Communication-Training OutcomesReview-level evidence on communication-skills training shows real but decay-prone transfer — with practice, fe…
- PETTLEP Imagery ResearchPETTLEP — Physical, Environment, Task, Timing, Learning, Emotion, Perspective — is sport science's operational…
- Clinical Hypnosis: The EvidenceClinical hypnosis carries real trial support for specific applications — pain management, IBS symptoms, some a…
- Mirror Neurons: The Hype CycleMirror neurons are real neuroscience whose popularisation outran the evidence — the empathy-and-rapport claims…
- Nonverbal Communication: What HoldsNonverbal research supports more-than-words emotional signalling and universal expression families — and firml…