emotion
Let an agent handle emotions as psychological states, respond with empathy, avoid inferring emotions without evidence, and signpost support when needed.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent handle emotions as psychological states, respond with empathy, avoid inferring emotions without evidence, and signpost support when needed.
A mental state of affect, such as joy, fear, anger, sadness or love, involving feelings, bodily changes, expressions and tendencies to act.
What it is for: Emotions guide behaviour, social connection and wellbeing.
It can be recognise and name emotions; regulate them; study them in psychology; support people in distress.
Distinguishing features
Episodes of affect with bodily and cognitive parts
Shorter than moods
Culturally shaped expression
The feeling entry covers the experience
What it looks like
Expressed in faces, voice and behaviour, which are imperfect signs; felt internally.
How it is recognised
Self-report is primary
Expressions vary across cultures and people
Emotion recognition systems are unreliable
Related models
is related to - experience
is studied by - discipline
influences - effects
is confused with - longer state
In practice
Families and kinds
basic emotions such as joy, fear, anger, sadness
social emotions such as shame, pride, love
aesthetic emotions
religious emotions
Standards and regulation
EU AI Act restrictions on emotion recognition
Mental health support standards
Failure modes and hazards
Inferring emotions from faces
Manipulating emotions
Missing distress
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.emotion
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identification Which emotion.
Naming emotions helps.
Name
Emotion term.
Emotion
Emotion named.
- Which emotion is described? definition
- How does the person describe it? provenance
Culture
Expression norms.
Culture
Cultural norms.
- How is this emotion expressed in this culture? definition
- Could it be misread? boundary
Science Theories.
Theories differ.
Theories
Models.
Theories
Emotion theories.
- Which theory of emotion is used? provenance
- How well supported? measurement
Body
Physiology.
Physiology
Bodily aspects.
- What bodily changes accompany it? definition
- Is that evidence reliable? boundary
Support Responding well.
Empathy first.
Empathy
Acknowledgement.
Empathy
Empathic response.
- How can the agent acknowledge the emotion? action
- What does the person need? definition
Distress
Crisis.
Distress
Signs of distress.
- Does the person seem in crisis? boundary
- Which support service fits? action
Ethics Recognition and manipulation.
Emotions must not be exploited.
Recognition
AI systems.
Recognition
Emotion recognition.
- Is emotion recognition used lawfully and reliably? boundary
- Was consent obtained? boundary
Manipulation
Pressure.
Manipulation
Manipulation risk.
- Is emotional pressure being used to push a decision? boundary
- How should it be avoided? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should specific emotions be separate entries?
- How should emotion recognition claims be treated?
- The registry entry has merged aliases such as divine grace; should they be split off?