( … )

III. Behavior

Embodiment > Homeostasis > Sensation > Integration > Behavior > Enactment

How do we act in the environment given the global state.

|Homeostasis|: Continuously Recursive Loop:

1.Homeostasis(Before) > 2.Synthesis(During) > 3.(Solution?) > 4.Enactment(After) > [ ? ]

(introduction)

AND;

Intuitions (Introspectable, Possibilities, Probabilities)

and “Projective Intuition”

( … )

AND;

Solutions

How we utilize new information, our current state, and existing memory to respond to threats and opportunities

How we process measurements of the internal and external environments using memory.

|Neurological Hierarchy|: Homeostasis(Equilibrium) > Sensation(Neurons) > Measurements(Stimuli) > Systems of Measurements(Senses) > Integration of Systems of Measurements(Perceptions) > States(Faculties) > Incentives(valuations) > Consolidation(Model) >  Records(Memory) > Possibilities(Predictions) > Plans(Routes) > [Release of Action(Movement) OR Loop: Recursion(Intelligence to Consciousness)] > Adaptation.

( … )(Introduction)…

Processing:

A system of measurement, memory, prediction and adjustment (adaptation), and the use of attention and recursion as wayfinding to solve the problems of maintaining homeostasis over time.

Use of Sensory, Perceptive, and Conceptual Faculties ( …)(to what?):

• • Sensation (Nerves): Transduction of vibrational changes into electrical signals (vibration)
    • (Branch to Reflexes)
  • Disambiguation: Identification and categorization of sensory inputs
  • Organization(Hippocampal Region, Entorhinal Cortex: Integration of sensory inputs into a coherent perceptual representation (model, episode)
  • Auto-Association (CA3, Cornu Ammonis 3): Activation of related memories and experiences based on the current perceptual representation
    • Branch to Intuitive
  • Predictions (Fields): Generation of expectations about future sensory inputs and outcomes based on the current perceptual representation and associated memories > validation/invalidation > choose-anchor(attention)
    
    • ( … )( Desirable end states or conditions or oppys? )
  • Valuation: Assessment of the emotional and motivational significance of the perceptual representation and predicted outcomes
  • Attention (Anchor, Thalamus): Selective focusing on specific aspects of the perceptual representation or predicted outcomes based on their relevance to current goals and needs
  • State (Frontal Cortex): Maintenance and updating of the current cognitive, emotional, and motivational context based on the integration of sensory, perceptual, and mnemonic information:

AND;

Consciousness

How we manage and regulate the focus of information processing necessary for resulting action and how we experience the flow of information.

|Neurological Hierarchy|: Homeostasis(Equilibrium) > Sensation(Neurons) > Measurements(Stimuli) > Systems of Measurements(Senses) > Integration of Systems of Measurements(Perceptions) > States(Faculties) > Incentives(valuations) > Consolidation(Model) >  Records(Memory) > Possibilities(Predictions) > Plans(Routes) > [Release of Action(Movement) OR Loop: Recursion(Intelligence to Consciousness)] > Adaptation

It’s Not A Hard Problem (“Get A Real Job, Boys.”)
( … )(handle the “it’s not a hard problem”, it’s a simple one, question of consciousness) … it’s the narrative of the hierarchy of recursive memory, and the utility of the ‘slowness’ of neural processing that allows us to experience a continuous SUM of MANY changing underlying memory structures from the brainstem’s search for homeostasis, whether internal condition, orientation, or position, to the most advanced goal seeking.

( … ) (introduction)

Body > Environment  > Self > Others > Groups (evolves from social)

• Unconscious: ( … )
• Awareness:  ( … ) (dreaming to daydreaming)
  • Experience: (identity self etc) (so consciousness is a spectrum and identity (self) mirrors that spectrum)
• Consciousness (consciousness is an after effect of memory) ( … )
  • “Between people memory” social signals. 
  • (observing and valuing, experiencing)
    • (define the not-hard problem of consciousness here or elsewhere)
    • Qualia ( … ) (marginal indifference)
• Mindfulness: ( ??? )
• Reasoning (thinking to calculating, concentrating)
  • (Brad: neural economy etc, management of resources)
• Summary:
  The cognitive process, from sensation(input) to action(output), is a dynamic and interconnected system in which each sub-process(region and network) continuously influences and is influenced by the others. This ongoing interaction allows the organism to adapt to its environment in real time, maintaining homeostasis and optimizing its behavior.
  
  Information flows bidirectionally throughout the hierarchy, with feed-forward connections carrying information from lower to higher levels and feedback connections carrying information from higher to lower levels. This continuous feed-forward and feedback loop ensures that each sub-process is constantly updated based on changing inputs from other parts of the hierarchy.
  
  The frontal cortex integrates information from all stages, creating a coherent representation of the organism’s current state and goals, which maintains coherence (compatibility) between the ongoing processing at each stage. As the organism executes a behavioral response, new sensory inputs are fed back into the hierarchy, influencing ongoing processing and potentially triggering adjustments to the current action.

This process consists of continuous recursive disambiguation of stimuli into models, then predictions, then valuations, then action and reactions in a continuously adapting cycle that excites and calms the body and mind as it attempts to maintain homeostasis over time.

AND;

Response

( …  how we )

|Neurological Hierarchy|: Homeostasis(Equilibrium) > Sensation(Neurons) > Measurements(Stimuli) > Systems of Measurements(Senses) > Integration of Systems of Measurements(Perceptions) > States(Faculties) > Incentives(valuations) > Consolidation(Model) >  Records(Memory) > Possibilities(Predictions) > Plans(Routes) > [Release of Action(Movement) OR Loop: Recursion(Intelligence to Consciousness)] > Adaptation

( … ) Intro

|Urgency of Response|: Threat > Instinct > Opportunity

Depending on urgency of response from simple to complex, whether from spinal cord reaction to increasing prefrontal cortex mediation: 

1. Threat Mediation

• • Short Term Mediation:
    
    • Reflex (Physical): Involuntary, immediate, localized, and consistent.
      • Startle Response: Response to unexpected Stimuli such as pain, physical contact, auditory stimuli, sudden movement, flash of light.
      • Pain Withdrawal Reflex: Immediate response to physical harm.
    • Response (Environmental): Involuntary, urgent, environmental, and inconsistent.
      • Fight of Flight Response: Immediate threat to life.
      • Freeze Response: High threat when fight or flight not available.
      • Parental Instincts: Threat or opportunity to offspring (and less so kin).
  • Medium Term Mediation:
    • Incentives ( … ): Involuntary, not-urgent, consumptive, and inconsistent.
      • Sexual Arousal: Opportunity for Reproduction. (We don’t think of sex as a form of consumption but it is for all intents and purposes.)
      • Ingestion Instincts: Needs that vary with hunger or thirst levels.
  • Long Term Mediation:
    • Investments ( … ): 
      • Hoarding: response as insurance against future scarcity.
      • Social Bonding: Survival advantage by ‘hoarding’ cooperation.
      • Social Status: Survival advantage by ‘hoarding’ discounts on opportunities for cooperation.

2. Opportunity Mediation (Preference or Choice):

• • Wayfinding (Recursion): Planning and selection of appropriate behavioral responses based on the current state, goals, and predicted outcomes > recursion.
  • Simulation (potential experience): (where does this go?)
    
    • Branch
      • Recursion
      • Choice or Decision:
  • Solution (Selection, Potential, Goal, Episode): 
    • ( … )

3. Release of Action (Frontal Cortex to Primary Motor Cortex):
Initiation and execution of the selected behavioral response, with ongoing feedback and adjustment based on new sensory inputs and changing situational demands.

• • ( … )

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