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Behavioral Intelligence Studio

The hidden
architecture
of people

Interconnected research tools for understanding how humans feel, think, behave, wield power, reason about ethics, build interpersonal skills, and design believable characters — built at the intersection of emotion science, cognitive psychology, personality theory, strategic philosophy, moral philosophy, interpersonal skills, and behavioral NPC design.

298
Emotions Defined
304
Behavioral Concepts
16
Personality Types
48
Laws of Power
22
Ethical Terms
30
Carnegie Principles
55
Cognitive Biases
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Research Tools

Research frameworks.
One complete picture.

Each tool is a self-contained interactive explorer — browse, search, filter by category, study with flashcards, and unlock AI-powered deep dives for every concept.

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Affective Science
Emotion Explorer
298 human emotions across 12 categories — each with definitions, Plutchik intensity spectrums, combination states, core needs, opposite emotions, and related feelings. Includes an interactive Plutchik wheel, periodic table view, and flashcard mode.
Click to explore
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Cognitive Psychology
Behavioral Science Explorer
304 behavioral science concepts — cognitive biases, heuristics, social biases, memory distortions, and influence principles — each with definitions, key researchers, landmark papers, and real-world examples powered by AI.
Click to explore
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Personality Theory
MBTI Type Explorer
All 16 Myers-Briggs personality types — with detailed descriptions, cognitive function stacks, strengths and weaknesses, compatibility grids, career paths, notable examples, and AI-powered psychological profiles drawing on Jungian theory.
Click to explore
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Strategic Philosophy
48 Laws of Power
All 48 laws from Robert Greene's landmark work on power and strategy — each with the core principle, full summary, historical context, and categorization across Strategy, Deception, Social Mastery, Psychology, Self-Mastery, and more.
Click to explore
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Moral Philosophy
Principles of Ethics
22 fundamental ethical terms across consequentialist, deontological, and virtue-based theories — each with definitions, category relationships, flashcard mode, graph visualization, and an interactive quiz game for learning moral philosophy.
Click to explore
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Behavioral NPC Design
NPC Persona Builder
Design believable NPCs with real psychological depth — combine Plutchik emotion weights, MBTI personality types, 55 cognitive biases, and Dale Carnegie's interpersonal principles into exportable persona profiles. Build rosters, import/export CSV, and ship characters that think and feel.
Click to build
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Neoplatonism · AI
Proclus Latent Space
211 axioms from Proclus's Elements of Theology read as a design document for machine intelligence — each proposition paired with a modern CS translation. Browse flip cards, study with flashcards, and explore the bridge between Neoplatonic metaphysics and neural network architecture.
Click to explore
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Interpersonal Skills
Carnegie Principles
30 principles from How to Win Friends and Influence People plus Carnegie's complete worry-conquering framework — interactive flashcards, myth-vs-fact flip cards, and application examples for every principle.
Click to explore
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Eastern Philosophy · Strategy
Tao Te Ching
81 chapters of Laozi's Tao Te Ching — original paraphrases paired with modern strategic and leadership applications. Browse flip cards across eight themes from the nature of the Tao to paradox and the unity of opposites, study with flashcards, and explore related chapters.
Click to explore
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Agent Planning · Facilitation
Scrum Master
A guided planning wizard for turning project intent or a sprint goal into an agent-ready Markdown kickoff prompt. Surface scope, ownership, constraints, risks, milestones, and definition of done before asking an agent to plan.
Click to plan
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Game Design · MDA
Character Sheet Builder
Design character sheets around Expression, not Optimization. Add and arrange fields, sculpt a procedural 3D portrait from stats, tune a theme, and export to PNG, PDF, OBJ, or a complete ZIP archive. Guided by the MDA framework and five creativity pitfalls.
Click to build
About

Understanding people is the most valuable skill in any field. We built the tools to do it properly.

Cat Game Research is a behavioral intelligence studio exploring the intersection of emotion science, cognitive psychology, personality theory, and strategic philosophy. Our research tools are built to make these disciplines accessible, explorable, and directly applicable.

We believe that human behavior — how people feel, how they think, who they are, and how power moves between them — is governed by discoverable systems. Our mission is to map those systems and put them in your hands.


On the Name
In game theory, a cat game is a draw — a result where no single strategy wins outright. It's a reminder that understanding people doesn't yield simple victories. It requires holding many frameworks at once, knowing when each applies, and accepting that human nature is genuinely complex.
Research Disciplines
Affective Science
The study of emotion — how feelings are categorized, triggered, combined, and expressed across contexts
Cognitive Psychology
Decision-making biases, heuristics, and the systematic errors that shape human judgment
Personality Theory
Typological models — particularly Jungian and MBTI frameworks — for understanding individual differences
Strategic Philosophy
The dynamics of power, influence, social strategy, and the historical laws that govern human interaction
Social Neuroscience
How brains process social information — empathy, threat detection, status, and belonging
Game Theory
Mathematical models of strategic interaction — cooperation, competition, and equilibrium in human systems