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finding:focus-wellbeing-increases-from-0-42-4-to-0-85-4-r2-from-0-34-to-0-75-in-llama-3-2-3bFocus→wellbeing: ρ increases from 0.42 (α=-4) to 0.85 (α=+4); R² from 0.34 to 0.75 in LLaMA-3.2-3B
Scatter plot visualization of the dramatic tightening of probe-report relationship at extreme steering settings
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extracted_from(2026) · Nicolas Martorell · Bianchi, Bruno
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