The Sensation Modulating Network:Haltability as the architectural ground for object-directed phenomenology
arXiv (Cornell University) May 26, 2026 G. Nagarjuna, DurgaPrasad Karnam preprint
We propose the Sensation Modulating Network (SMN): the cognitive agent as the whole body, organized at every scale by opponent dynamics, built from Sensation Modulators -- tissue that senses and acts through one substrate -- paired into Coordinated Action Zones routed by a body-wide broadcast. It is an inclusive model of the body, in which gravity, elasticity, and the body's topology and...
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.26856 (opens in new tab)
Embodied cognition
Affordance
Body schema
Sensation
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