Lead VAK Test

Lead VAK Test

This ‘Lead VAK Test’ (VAK standing for visual, auditory and kinaesthetic) involves imagining certain situations, then allocating a score to each exercise according to its level of difficulty. 

Open Ended

Write your name

Open Ended

Write your major

Multiple Select

Are you a

• freshman

• sophomore

• junior

• senior

Lead VAK Test: Read and Imagine... Follow each instruction in your mind and give yourself a mark. 

• 0 = impossible 

• 1 = difficult

• 2 = OK

• 3 = Easy

See a kangaroo

See your front door 

See your toothbrush 

See a friend’s face 

See a plate of food 

See a TV show 

Watch the TV scene change 

Hear a song 

Hear rain 

Hear a fire alarm 

Hear a friend’s voice 

Hear a friend’s voice 

Hear your own voice 

Hear birds singing 

Hear the singing change to a call of alarm  

Feel excited  

Feel yourself swimming 

Feel grass under your feet 

Feel a cat on your lap 

Feel your fingers on a piano keyboard 

Feel your fingers playing a few notes

Add your scores for each sense: 
see __ 
hear __ 
feel __ 

Your highest score represents your lead system. (Revel and Norman 1997:36).

Poll

What is your lead system (your highest score)

• Visual

• Auditory

• Kinaesthetic