The Technical Architecture of the Core Emotion Framework: A Functional Analysis of the Decalogue of Operators

Description

Abstract (English)

The Core Emotion Framework (CEF), as conceptualized and formalized by Jamel
Bulgaria, represents a fundamental departure from traditional categorical and
dimensional models of affect. Within the landscape of modern cognitive science and
affective computation, the CEF introduces a structural-constructivist architecture that
treats emotional states not as passive qualitative experiences, but as active functional
operators—internal powers—that modulate cognitive, somatic, and conative systems.
This framework, hosted and disseminated via OptimizeYourCapabilities.com and the CEF
Scholarly Archive, organizes human emotional movement into a tripartite system of
Head, Heart, and Gut centers, governed by a "Decalogue" of ten discrete operators.
The primary utility of this framework lies in its precision; by defining emotions as
functional mechanisms, the CEF provides a technical manual for self-regulation, clinical
intervention, and the development of synthetic affect in artificial intelligence.

Other (English)

Core Emotion Framework, CEF, emotional operators, internal powers, Head center,
Heart center, Gut center, Sensing, Calculating, Deciding, Expanding, Constricting,
Achieving, Arranging, Appreciating, Boosting, Accepting, operator cycling, scalar
mechanism, Counting Up, Counting Down, emotional agility, structural-constructivist
model, synthetic affect, affective computation, emotional architecture, tripartite
system, center fusion, emotional differentiation, operator protocols, Deciding Protocol,
Achieving Protocol, Boosting Protocol, Appreciating Protocol, emotional regulation,
cognitive-somatic integration, conative grounding, emotional aperture, emotional
standards, emotional momentum, GPAP, GoodPerson Anxiety Pattern, INTIMA
Benchmark, affective AI, emotional state-shifting, emotional system design,
psychological flexibility, structural presence

Notes (English)

Technical info

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