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Brain and autonomic correlates of procrastination as “active” or “passive” strategy in decision-making 大脑和自主神经将拖延作为决策中的“主动”或“被动”策略

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Cognitive Systems Research Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101448

Michela Balconi , Katia Rovelli , Roberta A. Allegretta

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An exploration of the applicability of information processing theories in road hazard perception context using e-scooter simulator in augmented virtuality scenarios 利用增强虚拟场景下的电动滑板车模拟器，探索信息处理理论在道路危险感知情境中的适用性

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Cognitive Systems Research Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101446

Martyna Fidler , Robin Palmberg , Yusak Susilo

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Robust incremental learning of visual concepts without catastrophic forgetting 没有灾难性遗忘的视觉概念的稳健增量学习

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Cognitive Systems Research Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101447

Nicki Barari , Xin Lian , Christopher J. MacLellan

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Towards generalization in subitizing with neuro-symbolic loss using holographic reduced representations 利用全息化简表征在神经符号丢失的拟人化中的泛化

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Cognitive Systems Research Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101449

Mohammad Mahmudul Alam , Edward Raff , Tim Oates

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Developing a cognitively plausible model of lie-truth judgements: An adaptive lie detector account 发展一个认知上似是而非的谎言判断模型：一个适应性测谎仪的描述

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Cognitive Systems Research Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101434

David Peebles , Chris N.H. Street

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Enhancing persuasion with social robots: Leveraging user mood with tailored message style and orientation 通过社交机器人增强说服力：通过量身定制的消息风格和方向来利用用户情绪

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Cognitive Systems Research Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101443

Eunju Yi , Do-Hyung Park

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Cognitive models of reverse engineering processes 逆向工程过程的认知模型

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Cognitive Systems Research Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101444

Edward A. Cranford , Christian Lebiere , Donald Morrison , Tiffany Hyun-Jin Kim , Jocelyn Rego , Brianna Marsh , Mia Levy , Aidan Barbieux , Froylan Maldonado , Sunny Fugate , Rajan Bhattacharyya

{"title":"Cognitive models of reverse engineering processes","authors":"Edward A. Cranford , Christian Lebiere , Donald Morrison , Tiffany Hyun-Jin Kim , Jocelyn Rego , Brianna Marsh , Mia Levy , Aidan Barbieux , Froylan Maldonado , Sunny Fugate , Rajan Bhattacharyya","doi":"10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101444","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101444","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cognitive models can reproduce many aspects of human performance, including decisions, learning, and workload. Personalized models can be developed by using methodologies such as model tracing that aligns the specific model against the behavior trace of an individual human user. Those models can then be used for various applications involving human–computer interaction and teaming. This paper presents cognitive models of software reverse engineering for cybersecurity tasks such as the analysis of programs containing vulnerabilities. The models, developed using the Adaptive Control of Thought – Rational (ACT-R) cognitive architecture, are validated against human behavioral data. Quantitative measures such as cognitive load can be extracted in real time from the model’s internal representations and correlated with workload measures computed from neurophysiological sensors. Those measures can be used for a variety of purposes including facilitating teaming across different levels of expertise and serving as the basis for providing recommendations that guide users toward more productive activities. The results highlight the utility of the cognitive model in assisting users performing software reverse engineering tasks and for providing insight into the user’s ongoing mental states via cognitive load measures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55242,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Systems Research","volume":"96 ","pages":"Article 101444"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146025767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Systematic guidelines for extending the appraisal process in computational models of emotion 在情感计算模型中扩展评估过程的系统指南

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Cognitive Systems Research Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101442

Sergio Castellanos, Enrique Osuna Cuen, Elsa L. Padilla, Luis-Felipe Rodríguez

{"title":"Systematic guidelines for extending the appraisal process in computational models of emotion","authors":"Sergio Castellanos, Enrique Osuna Cuen, Elsa L. Padilla, Luis-Felipe Rodríguez","doi":"10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101442","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101442","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Influencing factors (IFs) are internal and external elements that modulate the appraisal process and profoundly shape how Appraisal-based Computational Models of Emotion (ACMEs) evaluate emotional stimuli. However, most ACME implementations either omit common IFs (e.g., personality traits, transient moods, cognitive states, and social or cultural norms), incorporate them using ad-hoc strategies, or lack a consistent methodology. To address this gap, we introduce a set of Systematic Guidelines named ACME-IFSG (Appraisal-based Computational Models of Emotion - Influencing Factor Systematic Guidelines). ACME-IFSG is designed to i) formalize IFs using theory-driven constructs and empirical indicators; ii) implement the IF as an autonomous Modulator component; iii) integrate this component through explicit data contracts; and iv) validate system-level coherence. A proof of concept, which follows every phase, stage, and activity outlined in the ACME-IFSG, illustrates how the IF <em>cognitive fatigue</em> can be modeled without modifying the core appraisal mechanisms of ACMEs. This implementation demonstrates how the ACME-IFSG approach enables the systematic incorporation of a complex, cross-disciplinary IF while ensuring theoretical grounding and systematic integration throughout the emotion modeling process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55242,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Systems Research","volume":"96 ","pages":"Article 101442"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146025766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Bioinspired affective system for the generation of basic emotional behaviors in cybernetic entities 在控制论实体中产生基本情感行为的生物启发情感系统

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Cognitive Systems Research Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101450

Jonathan-Hernando Rosales , Luis-Felipe Rodríguez , Felix Ramos

{"title":"Bioinspired affective system for the generation of basic emotional behaviors in cybernetic entities","authors":"Jonathan-Hernando Rosales , Luis-Felipe Rodríguez , Felix Ramos","doi":"10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101450","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101450","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>For the development of applications such as human-machine interfaces and video games, among many others, it has become necessary to provide cybernetic entities with behaviours similar to those of human beings. One of the most deeply rooted processes in living beings is undoubtedly the emotional process. Creating systems capable of perceiving and expressing emotional responses is important for improving communication with biological counterparts, among other reasons. In this article, we examine the emotional process from psychological and neuroscientific standpoints. First, we describe the components that make up an emotional response, then we review the existing classifications of emotional behaviours in the literature. We will then deepen our research into the emotional process and how it is generated within the human brain. Based on these processes as well as the relationships between them and other cognitive functions, we propose a bio-inspired model for generating reactive emotional responses associated with basic emotions. To validate our proposal, we endow a virtual creature with our proposal and analyze its behavior within a controlled virtual environment to conclude.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55242,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Systems Research","volume":"96 ","pages":"Article 101450"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146173824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Representativity and univocity of traffic signs and their effect on trajectory movement in a driving-simulation task: regulatory signs 交通标志的代表性和唯一性及其对驾驶模拟任务中轨迹运动的影响：管制标志

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Cognitive Systems Research Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101435

Jose Luis Vilchez Tornero

{"title":"Representativity and univocity of traffic signs and their effect on trajectory movement in a driving-simulation task: regulatory signs","authors":"Jose Luis Vilchez Tornero","doi":"10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101435","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cogsys.2026.101435","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Purpose: There is a need to understand how the perception of, attention to and reason with traffic signs influence on driving behavior. The more we know about drivers‘ cognitive processing of them, the better for their response time to those signs and for the decision they take. In previous works, we have shown that the signs that are not-well designed provoke counterproductive effects on movement. Design/methodology/approach: In the present study, regulatory traffic signs in Ecuador are classified by using the criteria of their representativity, their univocity and the numbers of errors participants make when responding to them. Findings: With these criteria, we can detect which traffic signs need to be redesigned. Research limitations/implications: The consequences of traffic accidents are enough important to take this study seriously. In this sense, research must also take a step forward to real-driving contexts in order to reach more ecological conclusions. Practical implications:</div><div>This work contributes to the improvement of traffic safety. Originality/value: I develop a new methodology to classify traffic signs from a cognitive Science point of view.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55242,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Systems Research","volume":"96 ","pages":"Article 101435"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145996322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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