In today’s episode of The Literate Caveman, we discuss Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence, from Frames of Mind, by Howard Gardner. In this chapter of his excellent books, Howard Gardner explores research and empirical data that supports his view that Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence, is an autonomous intelligence that works synergistically with our other capacities.

In today’s episode of The Literate Caveman, we discuss Spatial-Intelligence, or what some researchers term ‘Visual-Spatial Intelligence,’ from Howard Gardner’s excellent book, ‘Frames of Mind.’

This chapter takes examples from a wide range of cultures, from the frozen and sparse terrain of the Inuit, to the lush and tropical islands of the Puluwat navigators of the Caroline Islands in the South seas. Gardner also discusses a wide range of research material, citing examples from prehistoric cave paintings to modern behavioral research and of course, the work of Jean Piaget.

I have given one version or another of this lecture since sometime in the mid 1990’s. I have polished it quite a bit, and I have learned a lot since those early days. Here I give a version of one of my lectures focusing on verbal interviews. Criminals will use a variety of means to select victims, these can generally be classified as physical interviews- based more on body language- or verbal interviews, based on interactions that can be more subtle. Either way can be very subtle or very direct, here we discuss some of these with a focus on the verbal interview.