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Canonical index of the research corpus. This page defines the authoritative versions of each work, with stable links to the canonical page and PDF. The corpus presents a theoretical and methodological research program investigating access-dependent high-intensity affect as a distinct control regime, governed by evaluative monitoring and threshold dynamics.

Research program

High-intensity positive affect is not a direct product of reward processes, but an access-dependent control regime.
Title Year Type Contribution Page PDF
A Regime Theory of Joy: The Ease Regime as a Permissive Control Configuration 2026 Preprint Core theoretical framework Page PDF
Ease: A Threshold Model of Evaluative Access Constraints 2026 Research note Formal specification of access constraints Page PDF
The Measurement Paradox in High-Intensity Positive Affect 2026 Preprint Measurement and observability constraints Page PDF
Ease: Evaluation Kills Entry, not the State: a Threshold Model of Ease 2026 Preprint Specification of entry threshold conditions Page PDF
The Morin Z-Reduction Task (M-ZRT) 2026 Protocol Behavioral probe of threshold entry conditions Page PDF
Prediction Error Without Closure in Childhood 2026 Preprint Developmental implications Page PDF
Ease Is Not Lost, It Is Blocked by Optimization 2026 Book Extended theoretical synthesis Page PDF
Joy Is Fragile Under Evaluation: A Threshold Model of Entry (First empirical observation of induced joy via behavioral task) 2025 Preprint/Protocol Foundational observation Page PDF
The program generates testable predictions regarding entry probability, monitoring sensitivity, and developmental trajectories.

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