@article {Sahdra:May 2003:0924-6495:213,
	author = "Sahdra B.",
	author = "Thagard P.",
	title = "Self-Deception and Emotional Coherence",
	journal = "Minds and Machines",
	volume = "13",
	year = "May 2003",
	abstract = "<P>This paper proposes that self-deception results from the emotional coherence of beliefs with subjective goals. We apply the HOTCO computational model of emotional coherence to simulate a rich case of self-deception from Hawthorne's <I>The Scarlet Letter. </I>We argue that this model is more psychologically realistic than other available accounts of self-deception, and discuss related issues such as wishful thinking, intention, and the division of the self.</P>",
	pages = "213-231(19)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/mind/2003/00000013/00000002/05112381"
}