A cognitive emotional network model of foraging under predation risk

Author

Coleman, Scott L. ; Brown, Vincent ; Levine, Daniel S. ; Mellgren, Roger L.

Author_Institution

Texas Univ., Arlington, TX, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

4-8 May 1998

Firstpage

625

Abstract

The cognitive emotional foraging model (CEF) is a unique application of a neural network to dynamical processes in foraging behavior. CEF is based directly on the neural network known as the gated dipole. The gated dipole is capable of carrying out affective reactions to emotionally charged events in line with the opponent process theory of emotion. CEF incorporates a trade-off between foraging and the danger of predation under varying levels of motivation induced by hunger. The results of simulations of foraging decisions indicate that the CEF model is capable of near optimal foraging in a simple patch selection paradigm compared to a random decision rule and a rule of thumb model

Keywords

cognitive systems; neural nets; physiological models; psychology; affective reactions; cognitive emotional network model; dynamical processes; emotion; emotionally charged events; foraging; gated dipole; hunger; opponent process theory; predation risk; random decision rule; rule of thumb model; simple patch selection paradigm; Animals; Biological system modeling; Decision making; Evolution (biology); Humans; Neural networks; Organisms; Psychology; Thumb;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Neural Networks Proceedings, 1998. IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence. The 1998 IEEE International Joint Conference on

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

ISSN

1098-7576

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4859-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IJCNN.1998.682351

Filename

682351