An adaptive network model for pain and pleasure through spicy food and its desensitization. (March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Choy, Mandy; El Fassi, Suleika; Treur, Jan
• Is Part Of: Cognitive systems research. Volume 66(2021)
• Page Start: 211
• Page End: 220
• Publication Date: 2021-03
• Subjects: Adaptive causal network model -- Capsaicin consumption -- Pain and pleasure -- Desensitization; Cognition -- Periodicals; Cognitive engineering (System design) -- Periodicals; Artificial intelligence -- Periodicals; 153.05
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2020.10.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1389-0417

Abstract

Abstract: This paper aims to map out the adaptive causal pathways of processes underlying capsaicin consumption and the desensitization process of the TRPV1 receptor as a feedback loop together with pain and pleasure perception. In order to map out these causal capsaicin pathways, adaptive causal network modeling was applied, which is a way of modeling biological, neural, mental and social processes from an adaptive causal modeling perspective.