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Research Notes

Short-form publications from the lab — observations, method updates, project progress, and commentary. Informal but citable. Updated continuously.

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Project Update4 min

Project Update: PMRJ Volume 1 Submission Pipeline

Status update on the PersonaMatrix Research Journal Volume 1 submission and review pipeline. Current submissions: 5 articles, 3 under review, 2 accepted.

PMRJeditorialjournal+1
Mar 14, 2026Read
Reading Note7 min

Reading Note: Schwartz (2012) on Values Theory and Measurement

Summary and critical notes on Schwartz's 2012 refined values theory. Key implications for integrating values measurement into the PersonaMatrix framework alongside Big Five personality.

values theorySchwartzmeasurement+1
Mar 4, 2026Read
Commentary6 min

Artificial Intelligence as a Projection Screen: Frozen Projection and the Non-Desiring Other

A psychoanalytic commentary on AI as a non-desiring Other. The note introduces the concept of "frozen projection" to describe situations in which projection is returned without sufficient resistance, rupture, or symbolic transformation.

psychoanalysisAI interactionprojection+2
Mar 1, 2026Read
Research Update5 min

AI-Supported Reflective Learning: First Cohort Observations

Preliminary observations from the first cohort (n = 34) using the AI-supported reflective learning environment. Engagement metrics and qualitative themes from Week 1–4.

EdTechreflective learningAI feedback+1
Feb 19, 2026Read
Methods Note6 min

Prompt Architecture for Structured Personality Inference: v2.1 Update

Documentation of the v2.1 update to the PersonaMatrix prompt architecture for Big Five inference from free-text. Key changes: chain-of-thought anchoring, dimension isolation, and confidence calibration.

prompt engineeringBig FiveLLM scoring+1
Feb 9, 2026Read
Commentary5 min

Why Reflective Writing Outperforms Self-Report on Openness to Experience

A theoretical argument for why reflective writing tasks capture Openness more accurately than Likert-scale self-report, with preliminary data from 80 participants.

Opennessreflective writingself-report bias+1
Jan 27, 2026Read
Lab Note4 min

Establishing Baseline Reliability for LLM-Based Psychometric Scoring

Initial reliability analysis of GPT-4o as a psychometric scorer across three validated instruments. Inter-rater agreement (κ = 0.81) meets threshold for research use with structured prompting.

LLM evaluationpsychometricsreliability+1
Jan 14, 2026Read