Mental State
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A Mental State is a psychological condition that encompasses various conditions or modes of thinking and feeling experienced by an individual (a mind).
- AKA: Cognitive Notion.
- Context:
- It can (typically) encompass various conditions or modes of thinking and feeling experienced by an individual.
- It can (often) be influenced by external stimuli, internal thoughts, and emotional responses.
- It can range from transient states like momentary happiness to enduring conditions such as chronic anxiety.
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- Example(s):
- a State of Wakefulness - fully alert and conscious.
- a State of Awareness - recognizing and understanding one's surroundings.
- a State of Pleasure - experiencing happiness and enjoyment.
- a State of Insight - having a deep understanding of a concept.
- a State of Goal Seeking - actively pursuing a specific objective (e.g. a goal).
- an Information Need, such as a Question - seeking knowledge or clarification.
- an Introspection Event - examining one's own thoughts and feelings.
- a Mental State After Receiving a Linguistic Message (e.g. sentence implication) - interpreting and processing spoken or written communication.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Belief, Interest, Mental Process, Conscious State, Mind, Dream, Artificial Intelligence, Mind-Body Problem.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mental_event Retrieved:2014-1-12.
- A mental event is a particular occurrence of something going on in the mind or mind substitute that make up the conscious mind of an individual. It can be a thought, a dream, a feeling, a realization, or any other mental activity. Some believe that mental events are not limited to human thought but can be associated with animal and artificial intelligence as well. The issue of whether mental events are identical with complex physical events, or whether such an identity even makes sense, is central to the mind-body problem.
Mental events often occur because of physical events, however, physical events do not always occur because of mental events.
However, some see such a distinction as erroneous, and state that the mental and the physical are the very same property which cause any event(s).
- A mental event is a particular occurrence of something going on in the mind or mind substitute that make up the conscious mind of an individual. It can be a thought, a dream, a feeling, a realization, or any other mental activity. Some believe that mental events are not limited to human thought but can be associated with animal and artificial intelligence as well. The issue of whether mental events are identical with complex physical events, or whether such an identity even makes sense, is central to the mind-body problem.
2009
- (Diab et al., 2009) ⇒ Mona T. Diab, Lori Levin, Teruko Mitamura, Owen Rambow, Vinodkumar Prabhakaran, and Weiwei Guo. (2009). “Committed Belief Annotation and Tagging.” In: Proceedings of the Third Linguistic Annotation Workshop. ISBN:978-1-932432-52-7
- QUOTE: … Our objective is to explore semantic meaning beyond surface propositions. We aim to model people's cognitive states, namely their beliefs as expressed through linguistic means. … We classify predicates into one of three possibilities: committed belief, non committed belief, or not applicable.
1997
- (Pohl, 1997) ⇒ W. Pohl. (1997). “LaboUr – machine learning for user modeling.” In: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.
- ABSTRACT: Traditional user modeling systems are often limited, as far as processing of observations about user behavior and handling of user model dynamics are concerned. In this paper, the LaboUr architecture for user modeling systems is discussed. It realizes user modeling as open learning process, thus overcoming the mentioned limitations.
- … mental (mentalistic) notions include: knowledge, belief, goals, and interests.