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shown in Figure 1, our proposed framework includes
a series of computational models of cognitive and
affective processes that represent psychological con-
structs or brain functions (level 2 in Figure), such as
personality, learning, and culture. The interaction be-
tween these components enables the dynamics of cul-
tural behaviors in CCAs. Furthermore, they represent
abstract models whose behavior emerges from the op-
eration of a number of architectural components (level
3 in Figure), which simulate the functionality and ar-
chitecture of brain structures.
In this manner, such proposed cognitive frame-
work allows us to implement an integrative and scal-
able computational model of culture, since any avail-
able or new neuroscientific theory addressing some
brain function or psychological construct can be im-
plemented by using the structural and operational
basis within the agent architecture. Similarly, this
framework meets the second requirement since com-
putational models of cognitive and affective functions
are implemented using the same or compatible struc-
tural and operational machinery used to implement
the model of culture.
5 CONCLUDING REMARKS
In this paper we identified key characteristics to
be modeled in interactive cognitive agents aimed at
addressing the complex requirements of contempo-
rary applications in HCI. We presented an integra-
tive framework as the underlying architecture of such
interactive cognitive agents that attempts to integrate
the various components of culture. Considering that
the current state of knowledge of most aspects related
to culture in individuals is still limited, but in de-
velopment, this integrative approach becomes conve-
nient for the computational modeling of culture. Ad-
ditionally, neuroscience offers theoretical models of
the processes that underlie human behavior and which
are common to all individuals, allowing the model-
ing of the process of culture in autonomous agents
through the implementation of the basic mechanisms
from which all kind of cultural behaviors emerge.
Thus, instead of dealing with the question of why and
how culture is different among people and societies,
we focus on the synthesis of the brain mechanisms
that underlie the development of cultural aspects in
humans.
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