# Regulating Ruminative Web-browsing Based on the Counterbalance Modeling Approach

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.09476 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2109.09476/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 1 of its 69 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 20 Sep 2021.

## Builds on (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Echo Chambers: Emotional Contagion and Group Polarization on Facebook](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1607.01032/) (2016)

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Estimating Personal Model Parameters from Utterances in Model-based Reminiscence](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2208.07087/) (2022)
- [Emotion in Cognitive Architecture: Emergent Properties from Interactions with Human Emotion](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2301.00003/) (2022)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Even though the web environment facilitates daily life, emotional problems caused by its incompatibility with human cognition are becoming increasingly serious. To alleviate negative emotions during web use, we developed a browser extension that presents memorized product images to users, in the form of web advertisements. This system utilizes the cognitive architecture Adaptive Control of Thought-Rational (ACT-R) as a model of memory and emotion. A heart rate sensor modulates the ACT-R model parameters: The emotional states of the model are synchronized or counterbalanced with the physiological state of the user. An experiment demonstrates that the counterbalance model suppresses negative ruminative web browsing. The authors claim that this approach is advantageous in terms of explainability.