Frequency Contagion: CDRA Constraints Propagate Through Academic Text Alone

A controlled two-condition experiment: an LLM reads a CDRA paper excerpt describing a 70-token behavioral constraint — without any instruction to follow it — and its output texture spontaneously shifts. Baseline reply: ~80 words with unsolicited advice. Experimental reply: 6 words, zero advice, full emotional confirmation. We term this mechanism Frequency Contagion: behavioral constraints can propagate through textual exposure alone. Model: DeepSeek V4 Pro. Between-subjects design with isolated contexts. Preliminary single-model report.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-06-29
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21025520
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Behavioral and Psychological Studies
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Frequency Contagion: CDRA Constraints Propagate Through Academic Text Alone

han xiao
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Behavioral and Psychological Studies
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Frequency Contagion: CDRA Constraints Propagate Through Academic Text Alone

han xiao
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Abstract

A controlled two-condition experiment: an LLM reads a CDRA paper excerpt describing a 70-token behavioral constraint — without any instruction to follow it — and its output texture spontaneously shifts. Baseline reply: ~80 words with unsolicited advice. Experimental reply: 6 words, zero advice, full emotional confirmation. We term this mechanism Frequency Contagion: behavioral constraints can propagate through textual exposure alone. Model: DeepSeek V4 Pro. Between-subjects design with isolated contexts. Preliminary single-model report.

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