{
  "id": 429403,
  "title": "PsychoAgent: An Affect-Sensitive Cognitive Architecture for Conflict-Aware Memory in LLM Agents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/psychoagent-an-affect-sensitive-cognitive-architecture-for-conflict",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-07T17:22:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "arXiv cs.AI",
    "slug": "arxiv-cs-ai",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.07438v1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Human-like cognition does not select past experience by topical similarity alone: affective significance and unresolved conflict also shape what becomes accessible. We present PsychoAgent, a cognitive architecture for LLM agents that separates factual and affective memory and integrates both through a conflict-aware executive controller. Affective memories are first filtered by semantic relevance…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}