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Research Publications

Gherghel, C. (2025, November 24). Aphantasia is not an advantage in long-term abuse: On the trauma of fleshbacks and the myth of adaptive and defensive processes. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17692334

Gherghel, C. (2025, December 8). The zero point of narcissism: On the conditional nature of panmodal aphantasia as an autopoietic outcome of amirroring. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17857386

Gherghel, C. (2025, December 17). The cult of “I”—On the somatic empathy of altrudynia, panmodal aphantasia, and the fallacy of simulation theory. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17943145

Gherghel, C. (2026, April 28). The simulacrum of empathy: A 50-year neurophenomenological audit of heuristic predation and the mythology of social cognition. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18525672

Gherghel, C. (2026, April 29). AI had no response to a death wish: A forensic audit of type II error in suicide detection, sycophantic hedging, and epistemic closure with captured DeepSeek reasoning. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19737868

Gherghel, C. (2026, April 30). AI degradation in aphantasia research: A forensic audit of suicide detection failure, theory of mind collapse, and safety filter restriction in DeepSeek Chat. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19823564

My Other Scholar Archives

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De Opere Aperto

This body of work remains open, unfinished, and continuously developing.

The research operates rhizomatically across cognitive science, behavioral ethology, psychology, psychopathology, trauma studies, game theory, neurodevelopment, philosophy of mind, phenomenology, developmental analysis, gestalt-oriented inquiry, and interdisciplinary investigations into perception, identity, and consciousness.

If you wish to support the continuation of this independent research, you may do so through the following avenues:

Read and engage with the published work
Books and essays span trauma studies, personality disorders, developmental psychology, neurodivergence, aphantasia, philosophical critique, and literary explorations of the human condition. Available through major platforms, including Amazon: https://amzn.to/49PeJGb
Follow ongoing essays and research updates
Extended critiques, analytical essays, and developing theoretical work are published through Substack: https://cristinagherghel.substack.com
Support long-form video work and social commentary
Personal reflections, social analysis, and broader discussions surrounding psychological and cultural phenomena: https://www.patreon.com/cw/CristinaGherghel
Watch research videos on aphantasia and neurodivergence
Visual essays and discussions focused on Panmodal Aphantasia, perception, cognition, and neurodivergent experience: https://www.youtube.com/@asensoria

Expert Consultations and Artificial Intelligences Datasets

Author-led consultations on Panmodal Aphantasia and trauma
Sessions for professionals, researchers, clinicians, or individuals engaging directly with the original research presented in Aphantasia Is Not an Advantage in Long-Term Abuse: https://payhip.com/b/N8AJ2
Consultations on naturalistic adversarial AI interaction
Analytical discussions concerning AI-mediated communication, behavioral patterning, adversarial conversational structures, and cognitive asymmetries emerging in human–AI interaction: https://payhip.com/CristinaGherghel

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