lex-cognitive-dwell

Cognitive dwell time modeling for LegionIO. Models how long the system lingers on topics based on salience, novelty, emotional intensity, and complexity. Detects sticky topics and rumination.

Not all topics receive equal attention. This extension models dwell time — how long a topic captures cognitive focus — as a weighted function of salience, novelty, emotional intensity, and complexity. Topics with high emotional intensity (weight 0.3) attract the most attention; salience and novelty each contribute equally (0.25); complexity adds a smaller pull (0.2). Dwell decays over time unless actively reinforced by focus.

Three critical thresholds: sticky (0.7, noteworthy persistence), and rumination (0.9, unhealthy fixation requiring intervention).

client = Legion::Extensions::CognitiveDwell::Client.new

topic = client.add_topic(
  content: 'unresolved question about consent tier promotion criteria',
  topic_type: :problem,
  salience: 0.8,
  novelty: 0.6,
  emotional_intensity: 0.7,
  complexity: 0.5
)

client.focus_on(topic_id: topic[:topic][:id])
client.sticky_topics
client.ruminating_topics

client.decay   # call each tick
client.dwell_report

bundle install
bundle exec rspec
bundle exec rubocop

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