(Bk Business) Carol Kinsey Goman Ph.D.-The Nonverbal Advantage_ Secrets and Science of Body Language at Work -Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2008)

Chapter 3: The Eyes Have It
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information being sought—and their eyes reveal clues to
that process.
Most right-handed people, when thinking about something
they’ve seen, let their eyes defocus or look up and to
the left. (These eye signals are reversed for most left-handed
people.) If someone were describing her apartment or house,
her eyes move to this direction. When right-handers are
creating an image (as they would if instructed to think of a
“purple cow”), their eyes generally look up and to the right.
If they are recalling something they’ve heard (their mother’s
voice or a school bell, for example), they look to the left and
tilt their head as though listening. If they are remembering a
Recalling an image
Creating an image
Remembering
sound, music,
and voices