The question is not whether intelligent machines can have any emotions, but whether machines can be intelligent without any emotions. – Marvin Minsky, (Minsky, 1986) p. 163 In every art form it is the emotional content that makes the difference between mere technical skill and true art.

We propose a methodological framework for the study of emotional control based on extensive computer simulations with artificial agents implementing emotional control mechanisms and demonstrate the methodology with simulations experiments in an artificial environment. Specifically, a biologically plausible schema-based model of basic forms of fear and anger is proposed and tested with respect to a variety of parameter ranges.