¹²Simon’s interrupt theory was elaborated by Oatley and Johnson-Laird (1987) by proposing how different emotions correspond to different action sequences. Going further in that direction, we find Frijda’s theory of emotions as “action readiness”, meaning the preparation for movement or action (Frijda, 2016). Frijda’s theory sees this as the main distinguishing feature of emotions, instead of their interrupting character. From the computational viewpoint, it could be argued that any simple neural-network-based reinforcement learning agent can trigger such action readiness, and it is difficult to see what would be special about emotions if they were defined as simply action readiness.