Cognitive Scaffold

Preparing your thinking workspace

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MENTAL MODEL · M6903

TRIZ

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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

A 39×39 matrix where rows are "parameters to improve" and columns are "parameters that worsen"; the intersection recommends applicable inventive principles.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Reduce cognitive load

A lookup table from contradictions to principles. After standardizing an innovative problem into contradiction form, it quickly locates the most likely effective inventive principles.

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Anchor fast decisions

A 39×39 matrix: rows = parameters to improve, columns = parameters that worsen; the intersection cell recommends applicable inventive principle numbers. It maps "specific contradictions" to "generic solution sets", replacing blind trial-and-error with human patent wisdom.

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