The Influence of Emotions on Time Perception in a Cognitive System for Social Robotics

In this paper, we discuss some evidences provided by neuroscience and psychology studies on human time perception, in terms of its representation and its psychological distortion due to emotional state variations. We propose, then, a novel model inspired by these recent findings to be applied in social robotics control architectures, with a specific reference to an existing and already tested bio-inspired cognitive architecture called SEAI (Social Emotional Artificial Intelligence). An hypothesis on how to represent emotional state influence on time perception in SEAI will be presented, discussing the consequent potential of the system with this integrated feature.