A Computational Cognitive Model for Intentional Inhibition of Actions

In this paper a computational cognitive model for intentional inhibition is introduced based on cognitive and neurological literature about intentional inhibition, action ownership and action awareness. In this model the interplay between a positive (and potential) selection of an action, and the negative impacts of the same action is addressed. Neurological evidences have shown how this interplay of positive and negative evaluation has contributed to make a homo sapien into a social entity. Performative and constitutive desires are used to differentiate the influence for action selection and intentional inhibition with the relevant supportive states: awareness and ownership. The introduced computational model provides a basis for application domains concerning decision making, behavioral management, emotional control, and simulations for clinical disorders and therapies for them. © 2012 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak