Neuro-linguistic programming: Bibliography

A bibliography of books and articles about Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). All entries here should be substantially about NLP or its applications, or make significant points specifically about NLP.

Books
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 * An applied introductory book, with exercises.


 * Seminal work in Bandler and Grinder's early development of the process of NLP. Attempts to model successful therapeutic skills using Chomsky's Transformational Grammar linguistic theory to explain the relationship between a clients speech and the underlying experiences. Introduction of the Meta-Model.




 * The first popular introduction to NLP, it is primarily an edited transcription of a seminar given by Bandler & Grinder in the early days of NLP. While some members of the NLP community still regard this as one of the best and most readable introductions to NLP, it is quite dated and contains little of the many techniques and models that have been subsequently developed. Many others in the NLP community therefore have more regard for it as an historical document within NLP.


 * Abstract: This author reports a study that examined some of the central theories of NLP as applied by German (sic) psychologists Bandler and Grinder. Subjects' eye movements were videotaped as subjects answered questions designed to activate the subjects' representational systems. Other questions were apparently controls. The results did not support NLP theoretical predictions.




 * Two volumes, 1600 pages of "history, biography & related knowledge [and] the steps to techniques and procedures".






 * See On-line edition pages 138-149. Retrieved 25 Aug 2005 Extract from conclusions "One widely known technique, neurolinguistic programming, was examined in some detail. Two general questions were asked. First, does NLP work? There is insufficient information to provide a definitive answer to this question; all the evidence that does exist is either neutral or negative. Second, if aspects of NLP have potential merit, by what means do they achieve their results? The committee concluded that the potentially positive aspects are not unique to NLP and are not related to what is offered as a theoretical underpinning to an empirically developed set of procedures." p149.




 * See for interview on NLP modeling, NLP epistemology, and training.




 * Fundamentals of NLP, epistemology, research into NLP, and the historical context of discovery.






 * A no-hype introduction to NLP.

Journal Articles
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 * See NLP - Neuro Linguistic Programming or No Longer Plausible? Retrieved 24 Aug 2005.


 * See Dylan Morgan bio Retrieved 25 Aug 2005 and Scientific Assessment of NLP Retrieved 24 Aug 2005.