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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 investigate whether access to high-intensity positive affect depends on monitoring-sensitive control dynamics.

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High-intensity positive affect as an access-dependent control regime.
Title Year Type Contribution Page PDF
The Minimal Z-Reduction Task (M-ZRT) 2026 Protocol Behavioral probe of threshold entry conditions Page PDF
A Regime Theory of Joy: The Ease Regime as a Permissive Control Configuration 2026 Preprint Evolving theoretical framework Page PDF
Evaluative Monitoring as a Common Link Between Vivid Imagery and Intensive Joy 2026 Perspective Integrative perspective Page PDF
Ease Is Not Lost, It Is Blocked by Optimization 2026 Book Extended theoretical synthesis Page PDF
Transient Suppression of ACC Monitoring Enables High-Salience Positive Affect 2025 Observation/Note Foundational observation Page PDF
The program generates testable predictions regarding entry probability, monitoring sensitivity, and developmental trajectories.

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