Readership: Graduate students in neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology and robotics; advanced researchers in AI/Robotics
Edited by Jean-Marc Fellous, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, USA, and Michael A. Arbib, Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science, and Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Southern California, USA
" this is an important contribution to the emerging field of emotional neurotechnology. It is a stimulating collection that is well edited and researched. I highly recommend Who Needs Emotions? for researchers and graduate students across neuroscience and computer science." - The Lancet Neurology, Vol 4,
Part 1: Perspectives 1: "Edison" and "Russell": Definition versus inventions in the analysis of emotion 2: Could a robot have emotions? Theoretical perspectives from social cognitive neuroscience Part 2: Brains 3: Neurochemical networks encoding emotion and motivation: An evolutionary perspective 4: Towards basic principles for emotional processing: What the fearful brain tells the robot 5: What are emotions, why do we have emotions, and what is their computational basis in the brain? 6: How do we decipher others' minds? Part 3: Robots 7: Affect and proto-affect in effective functioning 8: The architectural basis of affective states and processes 9: Moving up the food chain: Motivation and emotion in behaviour-based robots 10: Robot emotion: A functional perspective 11: The role of emotions in multiagent teamwork Part 4: Conclusions 12: Beware the passionate robot
