@article{bridgingmodalisolationininterleavedthink, title = {Bridging Modal Isolation in Interleaved Thinking: Supervising Modality Transitions via Stepwise Reinforcement}, author = {Tingyu Li and Le Zhou and Siyuan Li and Yujun Wu and Xinglong Xu and Jingxuan Wei and Conghui He and Cheng Tan}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2606.12886}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.12886}, }