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Latch-Bridge Mechanism

Smooth muscle mechanism where myosin heads latch to actin, holding tension without ongoing energy; forms/dissolves over seconds to minutes; can persist minutes to years.

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Thinkers (1)

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  • Michael Edward Johnson
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    Author of the vasocomputation paper; researcher at Symmetry Institute (QRI) studying consciousness, active inference, and Buddhist phenomenology.

Concepts (2)

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  • Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells (VSMCs)
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    Proposed as the brain's compression/prediction infrastructure where tanha physically manifests; central mechanism in vasocomputation theory.
  • VSMC latches
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    Persistent vascular contractions via latch-bridge, proposed to freeze local circuits, sum of which accounts for majority of bodily suffering.

Hypotheses (1)

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  • Latched Hyperprior Hypothesis (LHH)
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    Sustained vascular contractions engage latch-bridge mechanism, durably freezing neural circuits and isolating them from conscious experience; creates durable hyperprior commitments.

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