| Abstract |
The term ‘intentional inhibition’ refers to the capacity to voluntarily suspend or inhibit an action (ex. you are writing an email to your boss, and just before you click the ‘Send’ button, you seem to hear a voice in your head that says “do you really want to send that?”, and you hold back). Intentional inhibition sometimes takes place as part of the process of preparing for and deciding about actions to be performed. This capability is of importance for successful social interaction and personal development. In this talk a computational cognitive model for intentional inhibition is introduced based on cognitive and neurological literature about intentional inhibition, action ownership and action awareness. In this model the interplay between a positive (and potential) selection of an action, and the negative impacts of the same action is addressed. Neurological evidences have shown how this interplay of positive and negative evaluation has contributed to making a homosapien into a social entity. A model like this may useful to provide a basis for application domains concerning decision making, behavioral management, emotional control, and simulations for clinical disorders and therapies for them. |