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…