Threshold Intent Collapse
Finding: Intent recall dropped 42% within 900 ms of crossing domestic thresholds; recovery was replaced by fabricated rationale in 3/5 participants.
Structured Incidents
Each case below combines witness logs, instrument traces, and post-event cognitive interviews. Conclusions remain provisional but pattern overlap is strong.
Case Files
Nocturnal Synchrony
Finding: Diary and wearable alignment showed abnormal wake clustering at 03:17 ±2 min over 28 nights across unrelated households.
Textual Re-entry Artifact
Finding: High-contrast reading tasks produced repeated line reacquisition immediately after long blinks, with subjective certainty of forward progression.
Spatial Sequence Rewrite
Finding: Participants traversed identical corridor nodes while reporting monotonic movement; camera data contradicted all self-reports.
Unowned Digital Actions
Finding: Short-edit text insertions appeared during user-absent intervals under 5 seconds, with keystroke timings matching local typing signatures.
Social Label Dropout
Finding: Familiar-name retrieval dropped sharply in high-transition social settings; subjects reported “blank static” before substitution errors.
Instrumentation Notes
| Signal | Collection method | Confidence notes |
|---|---|---|
| Timestamp drift | Paired device logs + network time correction | High confidence after calibration. Sensitive to background sync delays. |
| Recall mismatch | Immediate post-event interview vs delayed retelling | High confidence for trend; low confidence for granular chronology. |
| Transition risk | Doorway, stairs, station gate location tags | Moderate confidence; improves with repeated-route mapping. |
For standardized intake and bias controls, follow the interview order protocol before assigning causality.