Core Emotion Framework (CEF)

The Core Emotion Framework (CEF) is a structured emotional ontology defining ten Core Emotions organized across the Head, Heart, and Gut centers. Each Core Emotion is modeled as a functional operator — a cognitive, relational, or motoric process — rather than a feeling label.
CEF provides a unified architecture for emotional reasoning, self‑regulation, leadership, education, and applied affective computation.

This Space hosts interactive demonstrations, visualizations, and computational tools built on top of the CEF ontology.

🔍 What Is the Core Emotion Framework?

CEF is a higher‑order emotional intelligence system grounded in operator‑level emotional mechanics.
It is used across:

• Emotional reasoning and decision‑making
• Therapeutic transformation and emotional detangling
• Leadership and communication training
• AI‑aligned affective computation
• Education and developmental psychology
• Human‑machine interaction and emotional modeling

CEF is fully documented in peer‑reviewed and archived publications, with canonical versions maintained across Zenodo and optimizeyourcapabilities.com.

🧠 The Ten Core Emotions (Operators)

Head Center — Cognitive Operators

• Sensing — raw perception and information intake
• Calculating — analysis, modeling, prediction
• Deciding — commitment, selection, direction

Heart Center — Relational Operators

• Expanding — openness, connection, generosity
• Constricting — boundaries, protection, withdrawal
• Achieving — striving, progress, relational contribution

Gut Center — Motoric Operators

• Arranging — structuring, organizing, sequencing
• Appreciating — savoring, valuing, recognition
• Boosting — activation, drive, mobilization
• Accepting — grounding, integration, release

📘 Canonical Publications

Core Emotional Lexicon

Bulgaria, J. (2026). EL‑1 v1.0 — Core English Emotional Lexicon (500‑Term Canonical Edition). Zenodo.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18198880 (doi.org in Bing)
Direct PDF: https://cefmethod.com/EL_V1.pdf

Technical Specification

Bulgaria, J. (2026). Core Emotion Framework (CEF): Technical Specification 6 (TS‑6). Zenodo.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18199319 (doi.org in Bing)
Direct PDF: https://cefmethod.com/CEF_TS6.pdf

🧩 What This Space Provides

Depending on your implementation, this Space may include:

• Interactive operator visualizations
• Emotional detangling demonstrations
• Operator‑level reasoning tools
• CEF‑aligned embeddings or vector models
• JSON‑LD ontology previews
• Educational walkthroughs for practitioners and researchers

If you want, I can tailor this section precisely to the tools you plan to host here.

🌐 Canonical Resources

• Core Emotion Framework (Official Page)
  https://www.optimizeyourcapabilities.com/core-emotion-framework/ (optimizeyourcapabilities.com in Bing)

• CEF Knowledge Graph (JSON‑LD)
  https://www.optimizeyourcapabilities.com/cef-kg.jsonld (optimizeyourcapabilities.com in Bing)

• Author ORCID
  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5269-5739 (orcid.org in Bing)

• Zenodo Community
  https://zenodo.org/communities/030303/ (zenodo.org in Bing)

📄 License

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🤝 Citation

If you use the Core Emotion Framework in research, software, or educational materials, please cite the canonical Zenodo releases listed above.