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The importance of motivation and emotion for explaining human cognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

C. Dominik Güss  and
Dietrich Dörner
C. Dominik Güss
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224. dguess@unf.edu https://www.unf.edu/bio/N00174812
Dietrich Dörner
Affiliation:
Trimberg Research Academy TRAc, Otto-Friedrich Universität Bamberg, 96047 Bamberg, Germany. dietrich.doerner@uni-bamberg.de https://www.uni-bamberg.de/trac/senior-researchers/doerner
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Abstract

Lake et al. discuss building blocks of human intelligence that are quite different from those of artificial intelligence. We argue that a theory of human intelligence has to incorporate human motivations and emotions. The interaction of motivation, emotion, and cognition is the real strength of human intelligence and distinguishes it from artificial intelligence.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e267
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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