AUTHOR=Morita Junya , Pitakchokchai Thanakit , Raj Giri Basanta , Yamamoto Yusuke , Yuhashi Hiroyasu , Koguchi Teppei TITLE=Regulating Ruminative Web Browsing Based on the Counterbalance Modeling Approach JOURNAL=Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence VOLUME=5 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/artificial-intelligence/articles/10.3389/frai.2022.741610 DOI=10.3389/frai.2022.741610 ISSN=2624-8212 ABSTRACT=

Even though the web environment facilitates our daily life, emotional problems caused by its incompatibility with human cognition are becoming increasingly serious. To alleviate negative emotions during web use, we developed a browser extension that presents memorized product images to users in the form of web advertisements. This system utilizes the cognitive architecture Adaptive Control of Thought-Rational (ACT-R) as a model of human memory and emotion. A heart rate sensor attached to the user modulates the ACT-R model parameters, and the emotional states represented by the model are synchronized (following the chameleon effect) or counterbalanced (following the homeostasis regulation) with the physiological state of the user. An experiment demonstrates that the counterbalanced model suppresses negative ruminative web browsing. The authors claim that this approach, utilizing a cognitive model, is advantageous in terms of explainability.