I spend my days working on the brain, specifically on how it makes mind and behavior possible. Most everyone believes that mind and behavior depend on the brain. But just how it all works is still mysterious. We have learned a lot, but we have got a long way to go. My particular area of research is about the relation between emotion and memory. For the past 25 years or so I have been using a si...

Modern uses of the word literally are surveyed, and the solecistic misuse of this word as an expression of speaker commitment is shown to be a natural semantic extension of its basic metalinguistic meaning. The development appears to be typical of a large class of intensifiers, though it is argued that literally itself is only in the early stages of such an evolution. Aspects of this developmen...

Pointing out relevant information to a user is one application of focus and context techniques in information visualization. We present a method for doing this which uses selective blur to direct the user’s attention. This method is based on the depth of field effect used in photography and cinematography, and is therefore both familiar to users and perceptually effective. Because this method b...

Rule-based reasoning is an essential part of human intelligence prominently formalized in artificial research via logic programs. Describing complex objects as the composition elementary ones a common strategy computer science and general. The author has recently introduced sequential programs context logic-based analogical learning programming. Motivated by these applications, this paper we co...

Pointing out relevant information to a user is one application of focus+context techniques in information visualization. We present a method for doing this which uses selective blur to direct the user’s attention. This method is based on the depth of field (DOF) effect used in photography and cinematography, and is therefore both familiar to users and perceptually effective. Because this method...

This paper undertakes the modelling experiment of translating excerpts of the natural language play “Faust” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe into a RDF structure, so that it is accessible by machines on a word or concept level. Thereby, it is crucial that statements made in the logic of the play can be distinguished from the usual, general purpose Linked Open Data. The goal is to find a standard c...