Ahmed Shakir Al-Absi

The Bioenergetic Continuity Framework: Synaptic Downscaling and Open-Loop Generative Mechanisms in Sleep and Dreaming

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) June 28, 2026 Ahmed Shakir Al-Absi

The Bioenergetic Continuity Framework proposes that altered states of consciousness arise whenever predictive computation continues while the underlying information substrate is degraded or partially disconnected. Sleep is the canonical biological example of this principle. The Bioenergetic Continuity Framework (BCF) provides a unified biological and computational account of this process by...