TEG-Blue – The Emotional Gradient Blueprint

TEG-Blue is an emotional intelligence framework developed by Anna Paretas-Artacho that maps how nervous system regulatory states shape human behavior, relationships, and systems.

The core insight: state determines capacity. What a person can perceive, feel, think, and do depends on their nervous system regulatory state — not their character or intelligence. TEG-Blue measures this through a Four-Mode Gradient (Connection → Protection → Control → Domination) and explains it through 12 frameworks integrating 139+ established theories from polyvagal theory, attachment research, trauma studies, affective neuroscience, and systems thinking.

Published research includes computational analysis of 10,000+ natural conflict narratives validating four-mode detection, with a key finding that de-escalators show 78% higher rates of complexity markers — signs of self-awareness, perspective-taking, and emotional differentiation in natural language.

The project operates two platforms: teg-blue.com (interactive tools for practitioners and individuals) and teg-blue.org (open science publishing for researchers and academics). All research is published under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Founded and directed by Anna Paretas-Artacho. Based in Barcelona.

Cause Areas: Mental Health, Research & Social Science, Education, Science & Technology, Conflict Resolution