Computational Models of Affect and Fuzzy Logic

Abstract

In light of recent research and empirical findings a new view on emotion and affect has surfaced. Within this view ‘feeling’ (core affect) is separated from ‘emotion’ (psychological construction). This model appears to be a good candidate for a computation model of affect and emotion. We argue that fuzzy logic is the perfect tool for its implementation, for the modeling of core affect dynamics, the linguistic description of emotions, the description of a cognitive rule base, as well as the mapping between the core affect level and the cognitive level.