Generation-based extraction yields superior emotion vectors in small LMs that localize in middle layers following a U-shaped curve and enable architecture-dependent steering with three distinct behavioral regimes.
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Mature small language models share nearly identical 21-emotion geometries across architectures with Spearman correlations 0.74-0.92 despite opposite behavioral profiles, while immature models restructure under RLHF and prior comprehension-generation differences decompose into four distinct layers.
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Extracting and Steering Emotion Representations in Small Language Models: A Methodological Comparison
Generation-based extraction yields superior emotion vectors in small LMs that localize in middle layers following a U-shaped curve and enable architecture-dependent steering with three distinct behavioral regimes.
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Shared Emotion Geometry Across Small Language Models: A Cross-Architecture Study of Representation, Behavior, and Methodological Confounds
Mature small language models share nearly identical 21-emotion geometries across architectures with Spearman correlations 0.74-0.92 despite opposite behavioral profiles, while immature models restructure under RLHF and prior comprehension-generation differences decompose into four distinct layers.