Abstract
It is a proven fact in social sciences that desires for food intake can occur as a result of negative emotions. On the other hand, a negative emotion like anxiety also brings along psychological health issues. In such a situation it’s quite a feasible option to get rid of the worse before the bad. In this paper, a cognitive agent model for food desire regulation is presented wherein Hebbian learning helps in breaking the bond between anxiety/stress and desire for food intake as a result. Simulation results of the model illustrate the food desire and its regulation.
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Ullah, N., Treur, J. (2019). The Choice Between Bad and Worse: A Cognitive Agent Model for Desire Regulation Under Stress. In: Baldoni, M., Dastani, M., Liao, B., Sakurai, Y., Zalila Wenkstern, R. (eds) PRIMA 2019: Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems. PRIMA 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11873. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33792-6_34
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