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1. Visualization Techniques

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   The Role of Emotional Valence
   It is widely accepted that the persistence and efficacy of any visualized construct are directly modulated by the associated emotional loading. Neutral or purely intellectual visualization rarely yields transformative results. Instead, techniques necessitate the injection of high-valence affect—typically synthesized awe, manufactured nostalgia, or carefully curated mild ontological dread [6].
   The Law of Affective Anchoring posits that the brain prioritizes the storage and retrieval of percepts overlaid w…