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A Neurobiologically Inspired Model of Personality in an Intelligent Agent

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Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2006)

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We demonstrate how current knowledge about the neurobiology and structure of human personality can be used as the basis for a computational model of personality in intelligent agents (PAC—personality, affect, and culture). The model integrates what is known about the neurobiology of human motivation and personality with knowledge about the psy chometric structure of trait language and personality tests. Thus, the current model provides a principled theoretical account that is based on what is currently known about the structure and neurobiology of human personality and tightly integrates it into a computational architecture. The result is a motive-based computational model of personality that provides a psychologically principled basis for intelligent virtual agents with realistic and engag ing personality.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90089-1061, USA

    Stephen Read, Brian Monroe & Aaron Brownstein

  2. Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-0281, USA

    Lynn Miller

  3. CHI Systems, Inc., Suite 300, 1035 Virginia Drive, Ft. Washington, PA, 19034, USA

    Wayne Zachary, Jean-Christophe LeMentec & Vassil Iordanov

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  2. Music Department, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, SE14 6NW, London, UK

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Read, S. et al. (2006). A Neurobiologically Inspired Model of Personality in an Intelligent Agent. In: Gratch, J., Young, M., Aylett, R., Ballin, D., Olivier, P. (eds) Intelligent Virtual Agents. IVA 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4133. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11821830_26

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