There are many psychic mechanisms by which people engage with their selves. We argue that an important yet hitherto neglected one is self-appraisal via meta-emotions. We discuss the intentional structure of meta-emotions and explore the phenomenology of a variety of examples. We then present a pilot study providing preliminary evidence that some facial displays may indicate the presence of meta...

HE term addiction, when applied to the syndrome resulting from T the prolonged use of morphine and its congeners in man, by coinmon usage involves three principal components, psychic dependence, physical dependence, and acquired toleranee. In view of the fact that the newer synthetic analgesics produce pharmacological effects, many of which are qualitatively similar to those of morphine and its...

In this paper, a psychologically-inspired model for an Iterative Prisoner’s dilemma (IPD) agent is proposed. This model is inspired by the “psychic apparatus” theory that was developed by Sigmund Freud in 1940. The model captures an agent with a true “character” by concurrently supporting the three constructs of personality: the Super-Ego, which represents the ideal part of the agent that alway...

The deployment of data warehouses (DWs), which are integrated databases to support decision making, has become common practice in modern information technology landscapes, and the methodical design process for such databases has been advanced significantly in recent years. In this context, we are investigating issues concerning the quality of DW schemata which can be measured and algorithmicall...

Research on psychic functioning, conducted over a two decade period, is examined to determine whether or not the phenomenon has been scientifically established. A secondary question is whether or not it is useful for government purposes. The primary work examined in this report was government sponsored research conducted at Stanford Research Institute, later known as SRI International, and at S...