The question “what is emotion?” has long been at the core of theoretical debates. The IAC-E is a useful framework for understanding relationships among responses in emotional situations. However, this approach cannot address the nature of emotion. Researchers determine what counts as emotion in the IAC-E, and this decision impacts the relationships detected and inferences made. The assumptions of researchers about emotion change the output. Further, the model is not theoretically agnostic and is best suited to examine emotion perception/knowledge, as in the simulations presented. According to some theories, experienced emotion is qualitatively different than situations that involve perceiving others' emotion or semantic knowledge. Addressing the nature of emotion requires empirical examination of the assumptions made in each theory.

“什么是情绪？”这个问题 长期以来一直处于理论辩论的核心。IAC-E 是一个有用的框架，用于理解情绪情境中的反应之间的关系。然而，这种方法不能解决情绪的本质。研究人员确定在 IAC-E 中什么是情绪，这个决定会影响检测到的关系和做出的推论。研究人员关于情绪的假设会改变输出。此外，该模型在理论上不是不可知论者，并且最适合检查情绪感知/知识，如所呈现的模拟所示。根据一些理论，经历过的情感与涉及感知他人情感或语义知识的情况在性质上是不同的。解决情绪的本质需要对每种理论中的假设进行实证检验。