Sensory Preference Assessment

Whether you are visual (60% of the population), auditory (20%) or kinesthetic (20%) makes a huge difference in how you see and relate to the world.

Click here to download a free self assessment to discover your sensory preference. It doesn't matter how high or low you score, just pay attention to the highest score of the three sensory types. That sensory type is what gets your attention first and easiest.

The two lower sensory scores are still senses you will learn through and notice. However, you will notice something less in that sense than the others.

For instance, suppose someone is working at their desk and concentrating intensely. One after another, three people want this person's attention. One speaks to the worker over the cubicle wall, the other walks into the worker's cubicle, and the third lightly touches the worker on the shoulder.

If the worker is auditory, he or she will notice the person who spoke most easily. If he or she is visual, he/she will notice the person walking or moving most readily. Whereas the kinesthetic person will notice the touch. It is quite probable the auditory will not even notice someone walking up or touching him/her; the visual won't notice the person who touches or is talking; and of course the kinesthetic can easily not notice someone talking or walking up.

Dr Taylor tells a story of when she was in New York city with two friends. The auditory person noticed the bird song and pointed it out to the others, the kinesthetic noticed the smells, and the visual pointed out an interesting artwork. Once these things were mentioned, the others noticed them, but otherwise would have passed by without so much as a thought about it.