Representational Systems

A representational system is simply the NLP term for a sensory system

The five representational systems are:

• Visual (seeing pictures)
• Auditory (hearing sounds)
• Kinesthetic (feelings)
• Olfactory (smell)
• Gustatory (taste)

The representational systems are sometimes referred to as VAKOG (i.e. the first letter of each system).

The three systems which are used most in NLP are visual, auditory and kinesthetic systems, sometimes called VAK.

Many NLP patterns are based on changing how we represent the world around us in VAK.

Shawn

New York NLP