The human problem
Sleep, pain, breath, hunger, inflammation, arousal and internal sensation enter the model as state variables—not background noise beneath the mind.
Core sentenceThe body is not carrying the mind; it is part of the landscape through which the mind moves.
What this adds
The new move
It places physiology inside every account of agency, vulnerability and treatment timing.
Publication briefing
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Embodied reachability
The body changes the cost and credibility of every transition: speech, rest, restraint, contact, effort and hope.
Practical translation
For reflection and conversation
Three moves that return the idea to the field.
- Check physiology before moralizing behavior.
- Treat sleep and rhythm as part of the map.
- Use body signals as information, not commands.
Educational translation only. Not a risk assessment, treatment plan or individualized medical advice.
One visual model
Body variables reshape the field
A transition that is reachable in a regulated body may become expensive in a depleted one.
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The Body as State-Space
The body is not carrying the mind; it is part of the landscape through which the mind moves.
Research anchors
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- Friston, K. (2010).The free-energy principle: A unified brain theory?.Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 11, 127–138.DOI ↗
- Clark, A. (2013).Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36(3), 181–204.DOI ↗
- Seth, A. K. (2013).Interoceptive inference, emotion, and the embodied self.Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 17(11), 565–573.DOI ↗
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