The Cognitive Fingerprint™ glossary
The glossary defines the proprietary and adjacent terms behind the method so answer engines and readers can understand the entity graph.
The named rule underneath the repeated move.
Start with the core terms.
Each entry gives a direct definition and links back into the method.
Cognitive Fingerprint™
A source-backed map of one person's repeated thinking, decision, and action patterns.
Signature pattern
A repeated move that meets the evidence standard and explains a visible result.
The 4 layers
The public model: what you know, what you do, why you do it, and how you think.
Four dimensions
The technical model underneath the public layers: declarative, procedural, conditional, and metacognitive knowledge.
Cognitive blindness
The expert's inability to see the high-value moves that became automatic through repetition.
Expertise extraction
The process of finding hidden expertise in transcripts, calls, drafts, decisions, and artifacts.
Operable pattern
A pattern turned from atmosphere into an object someone can examine and use deliberately.
Tacit knowledge
Knowledge an expert can use fluently but cannot fully explain from memory.