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finding:anatomical-homeostasis-is-a-goal-seeking-capacity-of-collective-intelligence-of-cellular-swarms-bioelectric-networks-controlled-morphogenesis-before-controlling-behaviorAnatomical homeostasis is a goal-seeking capacity of collective intelligence of cellular swarms; bioelectric networks controlled morphogenesis before controlling behavior.
Demonstrates that intelligence and goal-directedness operate in problem spaces beyond 3D behavioral space; supports basal cognition framework.
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extracted_from(2022) · Doctor, Thomas · Witkowski, Olaf · Solomonova, Elizaveta · Duane, Bill +1
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- Levin-led research showing bioelectric signals encode and control anatomical goal states in living systems.
- Bioelectric morphogenesis & memorymembers_ofMichael Levin's research on bioelectric signaling controlling anatomical goals, regeneration, and cancer.
- Cellular networks use bioelectric signaling for goal-directed anatomical patterning, demonstrated via xenopus eye-field manipulation and morphological problem-solving by cell collectives.
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- Basal CognitionsupportsAn interdisciplinary research framework that reconceptualizes intelligence as observer-relative problem-solving competencies existing on a continuum from simple to highly complex, extending cognition beyond neural systems to pre-neural and non-neural substrates including microbial control loops, plants, tissues, and cellular collectives. It grounds the study of evolutionary and developmental origins of cognitive and behavioral capacities by linking information processing at the chemical and cellular level to classical cognition, and provides philosophical foundations for understanding agency and goal-directedness in systems without nervous systems.
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- Developmental bioelectricity is proposed as a tractable entry point to understand the informational architecture of collective intelligence in morphogenesis.
- Reframes developmental biology as collective cognition.
- Ability of organisms to adjust anatomy despite injury or rearrangement; demonstrates collective problem-solving in morphospace.
- Core thesis: bioelectric networks provide the mechanism by which single-cell homeostasis becomes organism-level agency through integration and feedback loops.
- Bioelectric networks formed by gap junctions scale cell-level homeostatic loops into organ-level anatomical homeostasis.hypothesis0.797Proposed mechanism for scaling of goal-directed activity from cells to tissues.
- Proposes an evolutionary trajectory linking morphogenesis to neural cognition.
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- aboutblank_kbAnatomical Homeostasisconcepts/biology/anatomical-homeostasis.md0.888
- aboutblank_kbHow do bioelectric networks scale cell computation into anatomical homeostasis and regulate morphogenesis?questions/how-do-bioelectric-networks-scale-cell-computation-into.md0.846
- aboutblank_kbWhat mechanisms allow the coordination of cell activity toward one consistent morphology across multicellular collectives?questions/what-mechanisms-allow-the-coordination-of-cell-activity.md0.836
- aboutblank_kbHow do cells scale setpoint states from individual homeostasis to collective anatomical goals?questions/how-do-cells-scale-setpoint-states-from-individual.md0.835
- aboutblank_kbHow does a cellular collective measure its current anatomical state and store information about the correct target morphology?questions/how-does-a-cellular-collective-measure-its-current.md0.828
- aboutblank_kbWhat mechanisms enable anatomical homeostasis and pattern regulation in biological systems?questions/what-mechanisms-enable-anatomical-homeostasis-and-pattern-regulation.md0.823
- aboutblank_kbHow do biological systems maintain anatomical homeostasis despite continuous molecular turnover?questions/how-do-biological-systems-maintain-anatomical-homeostasis-despite.md0.821
- aboutblank_kbHow do biological systems maintain anatomically correct form despite environmental perturbations and cellular rearrangement?questions/how-do-biological-systems-maintain-anatomically-correct-form.md0.816
- aboutblank_kbHow do homeostatic capabilities of individual cells relate to complex homeostatic setpoints of collectives?questions/how-do-homeostatic-capabilities-of-individual-cells-relate.md0.815
- aboutblank_kbShape Homeostasisconcepts/biology/shape-homeostasis.md0.810
- aboutblank_kbHomeostatic Loopsconcepts/systems/homeostatic-loops.md0.809
- aboutblank_kbHomeostatic Setpointconcepts/biology/homeostatic-setpoint.md0.809