DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17230938
title: Psychological Linguistic Framing

description: Psychological Linguistic Framing (PLF) introduces a first-of-its-kind cognitive–biological audit framework demonstrating that language is not passive but a direct regulator of human physiology, emotion, and behavior. PLF reveals how words, tones, and sequences act as biological levers, influencing stress responses, calming neural pathways, shaping identity, and directing social action.

 

At the core of this framework is the PLF Law of Biological Levers, which states: Once words are applied, neutrality collapses. Every frame—lexical, tonal, rhythmic, or sequential—functions as a biological lever, directly regulating cognition, physiology, and collective behavior. This law reframes language as a regulatory force rather than symbolic abstraction, making visible how communication continuously alters human biology and collective reality.

 

This framework unifies insights from psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, and AI ethics into a single system that can be applied across fields. It provides tools to audit harmful framing in media, politics, workplaces, and AI systems, while also offering low-cost, non-pharmaceutical mental health interventions through reframing.

 

Key contributions include:

 



Establishing language as a physiological regulator rather than symbolic abstraction.

Demonstrating practical applications in therapy, education, crisis response, and AI safety.

Exposing how propaganda, self-talk, and chatbot dialogue operate as “biological commands.”

Offering preventive strategies that can be scaled globally to reduce anxiety, stress, and manipulation risks.


 

 

PLF represents a foundational shift in how language is understood and used. Positioned at the intersection of mental health and artificial intelligence, it offers not only a tool for resilience and prevention but also a framework for transparency in a world increasingly shaped by language-driven systems.
description: The roots of PLF are not only academic but lived. As a child, I experienced a condition known in my Tongan culture as To'o vai — literally “taking water” — describing the buildup of fluid around the brain that required medical removal. In medical terms, this is hydrocephalus, where pressure forces the brain to adapt under unusual conditions. Recovery demanded neuroplasticity, rewiring my brain to process language, rhythm, and meaning in unique ways.

 

Later in life, through both hardship and exploration, I entered altered states — sometimes through struggle, sometimes through choices that expanded perception. While unconventional, these experiences sharpened my sensitivity to language, showing me firsthand how words can shift reality, reshape trust, and even rewire emotion and physiology. This clarity also carried a heavy weight: I lost cousins and family members to suicide, and with each loss I found myself wrestling with the same quiet ache — why does the world feel this way? How is it that so many seem unaware of how deeply their words ripple through others?

 

Most people move through conversations as if language were just background noise, unaware of the invisible weight it carries. But I couldn’t. I felt in real time how a single phrase could shift an entire atmosphere, change the trust in a room, or even alter the chemistry of my own body.

 

That’s when I began to recognize the biological domino effect most people miss:

 



A sharp word spikes cortisol.

A soft word lowers blood pressure.

A story synchronizes whole groups into shared trust.

A frame makes one policy look like salvation and the same policy look like disaster.


 

 

This personal journey left me unusually attuned to how words regulate perception, trust, and biology — the very foundations of PLF. Just as my brain rewired itself biologically, PLF demonstrates how language rewires cognition and emotion, which in turn shape collective behavior and social reality.