Core Emotion Framework (CEF)
The Core Emotion Framework: Official Reference Library
A structural-constructivist architecture for emotion, cognition, and human development.
The Ten Operators
The definition and explanation of the ten emotional operators appear in both canonical and didactic versions across the ecosystem.
Mapping:
Definition:
Explanation:
Articles:
- https://www.optimizeyourcapabilities.com/CEF-operator-Sensing
- https://www.optimizeyourcapabilities.com/CEF-operator-Calculating
- https://www.optimizeyourcapabilities.com/CEF-operator-Deciding
- https://www.optimizeyourcapabilities.com/CEF-operator-Expanding
- https://www.optimizeyourcapabilities.com/CEF-operator-Constricting
- https://www.optimizeyourcapabilities.com/CEF-operator-Achieving
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https://www.optimizeyourcapabilities.com/CEF-operator-Arranging
- https://www.optimizeyourcapabilities.com/CEF-operator-Appreciating
- https://www.optimizeyourcapabilities.com/CEF-operator-Boosting
- https://www.optimizeyourcapabilities.com/CEF-operator-Accepting
Meditation:
Reflection:
Practical Application:
The CEF Ecosystem
Multi-domain architecture for public & academic use:
- optimizeyourcapabilities.com — Classical & Canonical
- optimizeyourcapabilities.pro — Theory & Discussions
- cefmethod.com — Practical Method & Training
- coreemotionframework.com — Innovative & Adaptive
- coreemotionframework.org — Reference & Index
- cefmirror.com — Interactive & Reflective
The ecosystem separates normative theory, applied method, public communication, and archival reference to preserve clarity of purpose and traceability across research and practice.
Note: Efficiency.ink was replaced with CEFmirror.com and redirects to it.
The archive is presented in the categories outlined below.
Technical Specifications (TS-series)
Versioned specifications for core constructs, data schemas, and interoperability standards.
Practitioner Manuals (PM-series)
Procedural guidance, assessment protocols, and training references for applied settings.
Clinical Papers
Outcomes, case series, and translational analyses linking CEF constructs to clinical practice.
Structural Psychopathology Papers
Structure-first analyses and nosological implications grounded in the CEF architecture.
Validation Protocols
Protocols for construct validation, reliability, and cross-context generalization assessments.
AI & Computational Affect Papers
Computational models, simulation work, and machine-readable representations of affective processes.
Topics
Optimizeyourcapabilities.pro covers a list of topics to be re-analyzed through the CEF lens. Ranging from Graphology to Politics, it provides a new insight in what's going on arround us, just like what's cooking inside.
White Papers & Industry Reports
Position papers and technical briefs intended for standards bodies, industry, and policy stakeholders.
About the Core Emotion Framework
The Core Emotion Framework (CEF) is a structural-constructivist model that specifies emotion as a set of composable psychological operations. Its aim is to provide a rigorous basis for analysis across basic science, clinical research, and computational modeling, while preserving compatibility with adjacent literatures in cognition and development.
Within the framework, ten Core Emotions are treated as foundational operations that coordinate appraisal, orientation, integration, and adaptive response. These operations are modeled at the level of structure and function rather than surface phenomenology, enabling cross-context comparison and systematic generalization.
CEF is organized as a tripartite architecture—Head, Heart, and Gut—each denoting distinct but interacting control strata. This partition supports multi-level explanation (representational, affective-regulatory, and somatic-inferential) and facilitates research that bridges laboratory constructs with applied practice.
How to Cite the CEF
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APA: Bulgaria, J. (2026). Core Emotion Framework: Canonical specification (Version 1.0). Core Emotion Framework Archive. Retrieved from the CEF Zenodo Community: https://zenodo.org/communities/030303/
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MLA: Bulgaria, Jamel. *Core Emotion Framework: Canonical Specification. Version 1.0.* Core Emotion Framework Archive, 2026. Accessed via the CEF Zenodo Community, https://zenodo.org/communities/030303/.
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Chicago: Bulgaria, Jamel. *Core Emotion Framework: Canonical Specification. Version 1.0.* Core Emotion Framework Archive, 2026. Available through the CEF Zenodo Community at https://zenodo.org/communities/030303/.
Additional citation formats and a complete publication list are available through the author’s ORCID profile, Google Scholar index, and the Publications page on optimizeyourcapabilities.com.
External Scholarly Mirrors
Hugging Face — CEF Main Archive:
Hugging Face — Intima Dataset:
Hugging Face — CEF Space:
Hugging Face — CEF Space README:
SSRN — Author Page:
SSRN — CEF Paper:
Machine-Readable Index
This domain serves as the organizational and indexing hub of the Core Emotion Framework (CEF).
The following files provide canonical, machine-readable access to the CEF ontology and ecosystem:
LLM Identity File (llms.txt)
LLM Full Specification (llms-full.txt)
Operator Registry (operators.json)
Ecosystem Map (ecosystem.json)
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