Definition
Cognitive State is The coded representation of the internal state reflecting the way a human or avatar understands the Environment, such as “Confused”, “Dubious”, “Convinced”.
Syntax
https://schemas.mpai.community/MMC/V2.0/data/CognitiveState.json
Semantics
| Name | Definition |
| cogstateType | Specifies the Cognitive State that the input carries. |
| cogstateDegree | Specifies the Degree of Cognitive State as one of “Low,” “Medium,” and “High.” |
| cogstateName | Specifies the ID of a Cognitive State listed in Table 42. |
| cogstateSetName | Specifies the name of the Cognitive State set which contains the Cognitive State. Cognitive State set of Table 42 is used as a baseline, but other sets are possible. |
Table 1 gives the standardised three-level Basic Cognitive State Label Set.
Table 1 – Basic Cognitive State Label Set
| COGNITIVE CATEGORIES | GENERAL ADJECTIVAL | SPECIFIC ADJECTIVAL |
| AROUSAL | aroused/excited/energetic | cheerful playful lethargic sleepy |
| ATTENTION | attentive | expectant/anticipating thoughtful distracted/absent-minded vigilant hopeful/optimistic |
| BELIEF | credulous | sceptical |
| INTEREST | interested | fascinated curious bored |
| SURPRISE | surprised | astounded startled |
| UNDERSTANDING | comprehending | uncomprehending bewildered/puzzled |
Table 2 provides the semantics for each label in the GENERAL ADJECTIVAL and SPECIFIC ADJECTIVAL columns above.
Table 2 – Basic Cognitive State Semantics Set
| ID | Cognitive State | Meaning |
| 1 | aroused/excited/energetic | cognitive state of alertness and energy |
| 2 | astounded | high degree of surprised |
| 3 | attentive | cognitive state of paying attention |
| 4 | bewildered/puzzled | high degree of incomprehension |
| 5 | bored | not interested |
| 6 | cheerful | energetic combined with and communicating happiness |
| 7 | comprehending | cognitive state of successful application of mental models to a situation |
| 8 | credulous | cognitive state of conformance to mental models of a situation |
| 9 | curious | interest due to drive to know or understand |
| 10 | distracted/absent-minded | not attentive to present situation due to competing thoughts |
| 11 | expectant/anticipating | attentive to (expecting) future event or events |
| 12 | fascinated | high degree of interest |
| 13 | interested | cognitive state of attentiveness due to salience or appeal to emotions or drives |
| 14 | lethargic | not aroused |
| 15 | playful | energetic and communicating willingness to play |
| 16 | sceptical | not credulous |
| 17 | sleepy | not aroused due to need for sleep |
| 18 | surprised | cognitive state due to violation of expectation |
| 19 | startled | surprised by a sudden event or perception |
| 20 | surprised | cognitive state due to violation of expectation |
| 21 | thoughtful | attentive to thoughts |
| 22 | uncomprehending | not comprehending |
