Usage of spreading activation for content retrieval in an autonomous agent

For cognitive agents that decide based on experiences, memory retrieval is a significant issue. In this article a contribution to this field is made by introducing the concept of psychic spreading activation for memory retrieval in an autonomous agent. Using the psychoanalytical foundation of that as a constraint, a variant of spreading activation was created to regard perceptional as well as motivational inputs and considering the emotional component of a situation. Results show how this type of memory retrieval can influence the decision making process.