Narrative–affect discrepancy as a regulated degree of freedom in 351,734 relationship narratives
Fig 2
Data-anchored cost over (N, A) (slice at D* in the clipped space; Methods).
Low-cost basins correspond to configurations that trade off exposure risk (high A) against narrative effort (high N), rather than globally minimizing discrepancy. Understatement-leaning basins appear at higher A with lower N, whereas overstatement-leaning basins appear at higher N with lower A.