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concept:bioelectric-networks-as-cognitive-glueBioelectric Networks as Cognitive Glue
Bioelectric networks serve as cognitive glue for cells in the body prior to and beyond the brain.
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- Open questions about time and self-reference in living systemsintroducesmentions
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- Michael Levinintroduces
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- Canonical definition of the paper's central concept; encapsulates mechanism of cognitive scaling through bioelectric integration.
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- Ancient mechanism using ion channels, gap junctions, and neurotransmitters as 'cognitive glue' enabling collective intelligence across morphogenesis and behavior.
- Identifies bioelectric networks as the medium of basal cognition.
- Load-bearing claim that bioelectric coordination underlies both anatomical collective behavior and neural cognition.
- Central metaphor of the paper.
- Captures the proposed role of bioelectricity in binding cells into unified agents.
- Evidence that pre-neural bioelectric infrastructure predates and likely precedes neurobiology; supports continuity of intelligence across substrates.