How to Recognize Submodalities, Part 1
To recognize submodalities all you need to know is what to look for. You can practice by describing an everyday experience in detail and check the list below to find out how you've coded your experience.
Typical submodalities
Visual representations
Associated - dissociated
Moving - still
Framed - panoramic
Foreground or background contrast
Horizontal or vertical perspective
Location of image
Dull - bright
Black and white - color
Color balance
Fast - slow - still
Distance: Near - far
Clear - blurred
3-dimensional - flat or 2-dimensional
Shape
Size
Auditory representations
Stereo - mono
Location of sounds
Volume: loud - soft
Tone: bass - treble
Pitch: high - low
Tempo: fast - slow
Close - far
Rhythm
Melody
Quality: clear - muffled
Continuous - discontinuous
Soft - harsh
Number of sound sources
Kind of sound: music, voice - whose voice?
Kinaesthetic representations
Constant - intermittent
Location of sensations - internal or external
Strong - weak
Large area - small area
Texture: Rough - smooth
Dry - wet
Temperature: hot - cold
Pressure and weight: heavy - light
Still - moving
Rhythm - regular or irregular
Intensity
Auditory digital representations (internal voice)
Sensory based or evaluative
About self or others
Current - past - future
Location of words
Volume
Pitch
Simple or complex
Analogue and digital submodalities
There are two main types of submodalities, digital and analogue. Digital submodalities are either on or off. A mental picture, for instance, is either moving or still. There are no intermediate positions. Analogue submodalities, on the other hand, are infinitely variable between the extremes. Sounds vary along a continuum between quiet and loud. The majority of submodalities are analogue, with just a handful that are digital.