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Who needs emotions? : the brain meets the robot / edited by Jean-Marc Fellous and Michael A. Arbib.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Arbib, Michael A., editor.
Fellous, Jean-Marc, editor.
Series:
Series in affective science.
Series in Affective Science
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Robots.
Emotions.
Cognitive neuroscience.
Artificial intelligence.
Emotions--physiology.
Artificial Intelligence.
Brain--physiology.
Biological Evolution.
Robotics.
Medical Subjects:
Emotions--physiology.
Artificial Intelligence.
Brain--physiology.
Biological Evolution.
Robotics.
Emotions.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 399 pages) : illustrations
Other Title:
Brain meets the robot
Place of Publication:
Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2005]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The idea that some day robots may have emotions has captured the imagination of many and has been dramatized by robots and roids in such famous movies as "2001: A Space Odyssey's HAL" or "Star Trek's Lt. Commander Data." By contrast, the editors of this book have assembled a panel of experts in neuroscience and artificial intelligence who have dared to tackle the issue of whether robots can have emotions from a purely scientific point of view. The study of the brain now usefully informs study of the social, communicative, adaptive, regulatory, and experiential aspects of emotion and offers
Contents:
"Edison" and "Russell": definitions versus inventions in the analysis of emotion / Jean-Marc Fellous and Michael A. Arbib
Could a robot have emotions? Theoretical perspectives from social cognitive neuroscience / Ralph Adolphs
Neurochemical networds encoding emotion and motivation: an evolutionary perspective / Ann E. Kelley
Toward basic principles for emotional processing: what the fearful brain tells the robot / Jean-Marc Fellous and Joseph E. Ledoux
What are emotions, why do we have emotions, and what is their computational basis in the brain? / Edmund T. Rolls
How do we decipher others' minds? / Marc Jeannerod
Affect and proto-affect in effective functioning / Andrew Ortony, Donald A. Norman, and William Revelle
The architectural basis of affective states and processes / Aaron Sloman, Ron Chrisley, and Matthias Scheutz
Moving up the food chain: motivation and emotion in behavior-based robots / Ronald C. Arkin
Robot emotion: a functional perspective / Cynthia Breazeal and Rodney Brooks
The role of emotions in multiagent teamwork / Ranjit Nair, Milind Tambe, and Stacy Marsella.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-19-029027-7
1-4237-4601-5
1-280-53397-8
1-60256-989-4
0-19-803719-8
OCLC:
935262102

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