Another article, this time in the Guardian, discusses the recent disclosure by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) that they will be analyzing the metaphors discovered in communications in order to detect potential terrorist activities and discern their plans. As the author of the article writes: The spooks’ conjecture is that understanding how [...]
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More on Metaphors As Ways to Peer Into a Terrorist’s Mind
Posted in News, Research, The Books on June 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Escalators — Evidence That Metaphors Affect Generosity and Mood
Posted in Mental Health, News, Research, Thinking Out Loud on March 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
One of Johnny Denovo’s main tools in understanding and thwarting criminals is the fact that people think in metaphors, and express these metaphors in actions. It’s a subtle insight that isn’t much appreciated outside neurolinguists, qualitative researchers, and neuroscientists, to name a few. But it’s becoming more widely appreciated. A recent study underscored this fact. [...]
The Power of Thinking in Metaphors
Posted in Mental Health, News, Research, The Books, Thinking Out Loud, tagged Boston Globe, Mystery, Psychology, Research on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why must we dream in metaphors? Try to hold on to something we couldn’t understand. – Seal The Johnny Denovo Mysteries are based on emerging theories of how we think, how we reconcile internal realities with external stimuli, how we make decisions, how we blend rational and emotional thought, and how we express ideas, both [...]
Literacy Means More than Reading
Posted in Housekeeping, Mental Health, Research, Thinking Out Loud, tagged literacy, misinformation on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Image via Wikipedia As an author, the issues of literacy and book purchasing always interest me. And since I write mysteries, I also like a good detective story. So when the two combined this morning, I had to write a quick post about it. Yesterday, a friend pointed me to an article decrying the lack [...]
A Great Mystery Book
Posted in Housekeeping, News, Research, The Books, Thinking Out Loud, Uncategorized, tagged Amazon.com, Book, Mystery, Publications, Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cover via Amazon One of the goals of writing “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” was to produce a very good mystery book. It’s been in the top 5% of books sold on Amazon.com most days, which is nice. However, recently, I’ve been reading a book a friend recommended, one that proves that truth [...]
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