Representational Systems: Align With Others
Why Your Partner Can’t “Just Listen” and You Can’t “Just Feel”
A couple sits in my coaching office. They’re frustrated with each other. She says, “You never look at me when we talk. You’re always distracted.” He says, “I hear everything you say. I know exactly what you’re telling me. Why do you need me to stare at you?” multisensory integration neuroscience
She’s visual. She needs to see connection to feel connection. He’s auditory. He processes information through language. He hears the words and understands the content. Why would visual confirmation matter if he’s already tracking the information?
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