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Sum total of all latches likely accounts for the majority of bodily suffering.

Practical implication of latch-bridge mechanism.

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Johnson Vasocomputation 2023

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Latched Hyperprior Hypothesis (LHH): If a vascular contraction is held long enough, it engages the latch-bridge mechanism, durably freezing the nearby circuit and creating a durable commitment to a specific hyperprior isolated from global updating, unlocking only when the corresponding prediction is resolved.
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Third core hypothesis, explaining how latched VSMCs instantiate hyperpriors.

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Care as mechanism of intelligence
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Care defined as stress-relief concern; proposed invariant linking biology, AI, and evolution.
Latched muscle tension & somatic suffering
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Framework linking sustained smooth muscle contraction states to chronic pain and health dysfunction through structural embodiment mechanisms.

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Principles of Vasocomputation: A Unification of Buddhist Phenomenology, Active Inference, and Physical Reflex (Part I)
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Blog post/research essay that introduces the Vasocomputation framework, linking Buddhist tanha with vascular smooth muscle cell function, active inference, and physical reflexes.

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