Another Example...
Like WarmTouch, LIWC (pronounced ‘Luke’) is an application developed by psychologists. LIWC uses a dictionary to focus on specific words that provide insight into an individual’s cognitive and emotional state. This application is utilized by the FBI behavioral sciences unit to determine emotional changes overtime. Using written or verbal threat samples, this can assist in gauging the likelihood for a threat to commit a violent act or the possibility that they are being successfully deterred using negotiation techniques or offering other alternatives.
LIWC is another example of how behavioral/psychological theory can be utilized in information technologies. While such applications are sparse, their use by FBI investigators speak to their importance. Additionally, if more applications are to be developed or older ones to be improved, the possibilities of social sciences becoming more exact while providing more accurate threat assessment/risk analysis seem very likely.