'She knew he would murder her’

Murder, She Wrote

Enhanced sensitivity to information of negative (compared to positive) valence has an adaptive value, for example, by expediting the correct choice of avoidance behavior. However, previous evidence for such enhanced sensitivity has been inconclusive. Here we report a clear advantage for negative over positive words in categorizing them as emotional. In 3 experiments, participants classified bri...

Interpretive Reading of the Verse "She verily desired him and he would have desired her" in the Commentaries of Al-Manar, Al-Mizan and Tasnim

The connection of the content of the verse "She verily desired him, and he would have desired her if it had not been that he saw the argument of his Lord" to the infallibility of the Prophet Yusuf (as) has increased the attention of the commentators of the two sects to its content. The present article, which is written in a descriptive-analytical manner, seeks to identify the approach of the co...

Murder, She Wrote: Enhanced Sensitivity to Negative Word Valence

Enhanced sensitivity to information of negative (compared to positive) valence has an adaptive value, for example, by expediting the correct choice of avoidance behavior. However, previous evidence for such enhanced sensitivity has been inconclusive. Here we report a clear advantage for negative over positive words in categorizing them as emotional. In 3 experiments, participants classified bri...

Murder She Programmed: Dynamic Plot Generating Engine for Murder Mystery Games

There is an increased demand for more interactive and dynamic single-player computer games. Most currently proposed solutions usually focus on multi-linear narrations. The problem with those solutions is that they do not actually create a dynamic game, they only increase player choices; the games themselves continue to follow a fairly strict storyline. In this article a new game engine is propo...

Murder, she wrote or was it merely selective nontreatment?