The Bias Amplification Model

Full derivation of the Cognitive Overload Ratio Ω = I ÷ C, its relationship to dual-process theory, and the sigmoid amplification function f(Ω) that connects information load to bias intensity.

Individual formulations for each amplified bias — Confirmation, Availability, Substitution, Recency, Anchoring, Representativeness, and Framing — with baseline and amplification parameters aggregated into the Phi Index.

The four-zone framework — Logical, Transition, Heuristic, Critical — with Phi boundaries, behavioral signatures, and decision-quality implications for individuals and institutions.

The model treats capacity C as a composite — biological, schema-augmented, and externalized — and introduces metacognitive monitoring (M). Together they yield five prescriptive intervention levers, mapped to Awareness → Friction → Reclamation.

Explicit falsifiability conditions, a full operationalization table, proposed experimental designs, and the staged calibration program under which empirical work would confirm or disconfirm the model's predictions.