One of the articles I referred to is in the New Scientist magazine, 19 August, 2000, p. 17, and it is called Voice From the Grave: People likely to commit suicide have a distinctive tone of voice.

I'm still looking for the other one.

I agree with you, Little Hawk, about different ways to follow a line of inquiry. The way I often do it is to use option 1 to investigate/analyse the situation, then actively look for any intiuitive messages at the same time as the relational or circular thinking, then after I have made any intuitive leaps (option 3) or connective/conceptual leaps (option 2) go back to option 1 to check the facts against my deductions. Often I find that the deductions or possible solutions that I have arrived at through options 2 & 3 correlate nicely against the facts of option 1. But I use all three methods in combination. I consciously use all of these methods in business and work situations because I find I can attack a lot of problems or issues very effectively. Often I think I have an advantage over other people at work who only tend to attack problems using one method.

Helen