Basal cognition refers to processes of information integration and collective action that occur in non-neural substrates – such as in the development of morphological form.

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• Integration and collective action (basal cognition) mechanisms enact the functional relationships necessary for new individuality.hypothesis0.858
  Proposes biological mechanisms implementing non-decomposable functions in developmental individuality.
• Basal Cognitionframework0.856
  An 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.
• Cognition and learning are substrate-independent; principles of basal cognition can be implemented by any network with signals and non-linear responses to weighted inputs.claim0.848
  Core thesis that cognitive principles transcend neural substrates, enabling application to gene-regulatory, ecological, and social networks.
• Morphogenesis constitutes basal cognition because it requires information integration and coordinated action characteristic of problem-solving in anatomical morphospace.claim0.846
• What Mechanisms Enable Basal Cognition In Nonneural Substratesquestion0.828
• Morphogenesis is an example of basal cognition, a collective intelligence of cells navigating morphospace.claim0.806
  Asserts that developmental biology can be understood through the lens of problem-solving and cognitive concepts.
• Cognition as a biological process inherent to all living systemsclaim0.789
  Core claim of biogenic approach: cognition is not unique to brains or nervous systems but emerges from living organization itself.
• Consciousness features occur substrate-neutrally across brains, unconventional embodiments, and information-processing systems.claim0.774