Grounding Emotions in Adaptive Systems
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Chrystopher Nehaniv
Interactive Systems Engineering, University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AB, U.K.
c.l.nehaniv@herts.ac.uk
The First, Second and Third Person Emotions:
Grounding Adaptation In a Biological and Social World
We consider the interpretation of emotions as support for
survival and coping in the world from a phenomenological
perspective. Grounded in the experience of an emotional
agent, certain emotions are selforiented (homeostasis, intake,
outflow: hunger, pain, irritation, fear, curiosity), while
others suggest a recognition of other agents or objects
(hatred, envy, yearning, greed). Other, more complex emotions
are in volved in relations to a second person (sympathy) or
social regulation (shame, guilt, feelings of loyalty) or
affective episodic structure (regret). Affective coloring of
episodic memories of sequences of actions and expe riences may
suggest a mechanism for grounding of behavioral adaptation as
well as providing a mechanism for emergent spatial and social
navi gation. Considering complex emotions in relation to
others yields insight into the roles and possible design of
various emotions in behavioural regulation in biological,
software, and social contexts.
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