Hi James,
This is really interesting, was the difference between their results big or just minimal. I think about myself and I am very Kinesthetic and also very visual. I remember reading a quote in the transcript about Kinesthetic being triggered by visual or auditory. I now can’t find it, maybe I imagined it!!!
My thoughts are going to v-k synesthesia, where the two become linked. The visual is what stimulates feeling.
In my view on the empathy piece, as the focus is being able to understand someone’s experience/ feelings how you do that could be coming from any rep. For example I see some people visually picking up on how people are feeling or hearing it in their voice etc… then their ability to connect themselves with the feeling would be the kinesthetic coming in. When I run an empathy exercise in trainings I often hear people responding to the person sharing in different ways, just some examples:
“I am getting the sense that….”
“What I am hearing is……”
“I can see how this is affecting you…”
Not so much of an answer but sharing my thoughts and perhaps where my line of questioning to the person would go. I would be seeking out about their connections to visual, how they empathise etc…