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4.5 Globalist versus Localist Representations 91 The basic logic of action in Psi is carried out by “triples” that are very similar to CogPrime’s Context \ Procedure > Goal triples. However, an important role is played by four modulators that control how the processes of perception, cognition and action selection are regulated at a given time: e activation, which determines the degree to which the agent is focused on rapid, intensive activity versus reflective, cognitive activity e resolution level, which determines how accurately the system tries to perceive the world e certainty, which determines how hard the system tries to achieve definite, certain knowledge e selection threshold, which determines how willing the system is to change its choice of which goals to focus on These modulators characterize the system’s emotional and cognitive state at a very abstract level; they are not emotions per se, but they have a large effect on the agent’s emotions. Their intended interaction is depicted in Figure 4.15. Specific Securing Acquisition of Flight : : es : 9 Exploration Behavior Efficiency Signals Unspecific Sympathicus Syndrome/ further Behavior Modulation Urge for Urge for Competence Uncertainty Reduction [cme ) Certainty Uncartainty Efficiency Inefficiency Signals Signals from other Signals Signals (Confirmation (Disconfirmation Motivators of Expectations) of Expectations) Fig. 4.15: Primary Interrelationships Between Psi Modulators 4.5.11 The Emergence of Emotion in the Psi Model We now briefly review the specifics of how Psi models the emergence of emotion. The basic idea is to define a small set of proto-emotional dimensions in terms of basic Urges and modulators. Then, emotions are identified with regions in the space spanned by these dimensions. The simplest approach uses a six-dimensional continuous space: 1. pleasure HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013007