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claim:morphogenesis-as-sensorimotor-cognitionMorphogenesis as sensorimotor cognition
Levin's assertion that embryonic body-patterning reflects the same information-integration and goal-pursuit mechanisms as neural sensorimotor control.
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- Levin-led research showing bioelectric signals encode and control anatomical goal states in living systems.
- Levin-influenced framework treating tissue-level morphogenesis as goal-directed, problem-solving intelligence via bioelectric signaling.
- Bioelectric and behavioral frameworks treating morphogenesis as problem-solving intelligence across scales, bridging Alexander's architectural principles with Levin's experimental regenerative biology.
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- Scale-Free CognitionsupportsCentral hypothesis proposing that cognitive capacities scale across biological organization levels from cells to organisms via computational boundaries.
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- BioelectricitysupportsProposed 'cognitive glue' common to both neural and developmental collective intelligence; implemented by ion channels and electrical synapses.
- Regulative DevelopmentsupportsProperty of embryos to achieve invariant species-specific morphology despite drastic perturbations and abnormal starting conditions, revealing goal-directed cellular coordination.
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- Asserts that developmental biology can be understood through the lens of problem-solving and cognitive concepts.
- Morphogenesis is trainable via reinforcement learning for specific morphological outcomes.hypothesis0.829If cells form a collective intelligence, they should be trainable by rewards/punishments.
- The view that embryogenesis and regeneration are instances of collective problem-solving by cell groups navigating morphospace toward target morphologies.
- Reframes developmental biology as collective cognition.
- Cells work together to build structures in a context-dependent manner, meeting James' test of 'fixed ends with varying means'.