Sudden Comprehension Event
An abrupt transition from diffuse uncertainty to a clearly structured mental representation, frequently prompted by a precise restatement of the user's own thoughts by the AI.
Operational Definition
EVENT. One occurrence is coded when a user turn marks a sudden gain in clarity (e.g., an explicit 'now it makes sense' / 'that's exactly it') in the turn immediately following an AI restatement or reframing of the user's input. The user's clarity-acknowledgement turn is the countable marker.
Measurement Schema
Proposed measurement protocol (not yet empirically validated): Cued retrospective rating plus marker coding: raters flag clarity-acknowledgement turns following an AI reframing (inter-rater agreement would be assessed via Cohen's kappa), and the user gives a single-item insight-suddenness rating (1-7) for flagged moments; report event count per session and mean suddenness.