Cognitive Architectures to Bridge Interdisciplinary Gaps in Emotion Research?

Emotions are a fundamental aspect of cognition and interaction, and their importance has been broadly acknowledged by both the "sciences of the natural" (e.g., neuroscience, psychology, biology) and those of "the artificial" (e.g., artificial intelligence, cognitive science / robotics, artificial life). Emotions provide an ideal framework for inter- and cross-disciplinary research since, due to their complex multi-faceted nature, they cannot be properly understood from the perspective of a single discipline. In this abstract/presentation, I would argue that the use of robots as both ...