Gap junctions provide a dynamic that massively augments cooperative interactions and scales cognitive boundary.

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• Gap junctional coupling scales up the cognitive Self by partially erasing informational boundaries between cells.hypothesis0.873
  A mechanistic model: loss of ownership information on internal signals fuses cells into larger agents.
• Gap junctional coupling partially erases informational boundaries between cells, enabling the scaling of the Self to tissue- and organ-level goals.claim0.847
  Proposes a mechanism for how merging physiological states via gap junctions creates a new, larger cognitive agent.
• Gap junctional coupling wipes ownership information on signaling molecules, enabling the formation of multicellular Selves.claim0.833
  Because cells cannot distinguish internally generated signals from those arriving through GJs, they share memories and bind into a larger agent.
• Gap junctions enable 'mind meld' through impossibility of information hidingfinding0.822
• Gap junctions provide an 'owner wiping property' for signaling molecules, leading to partial erasure of individual identity for cells in a network and enabling a higher-order emergent collective.claim0.822
  Mechanistic claim for how collectives scale.
• If gap junction-mediated bioelectric networks implement the unified Self, then gap junction blockers should function as general anesthetics across biology.hypothesis0.800
  Already supported by data in plants, Hydra, and humans, but broader cross-species testing is predicted.
• Mind Meld (via gap junctions)concept0.787
  The process by which cells lose individuality and form a collective cognitive unit through gap junctional coupling.
• General anesthetics are gap junction blockers, consistent with the role of gap junctions in scaling consciousness.claim0.784
  Links anesthesia mechanism to the bioelectric binding model of higher-level Selves.