Neuroscientific Research Avatars - A Multidimensional Framework for Behavioral and Biological Research Grounded in First-Person Cognition and Territorial Intelligence

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This blog proposes a multidimensional neuroscientific framework based on six conceptual avatars, each representing a distinct but interconnected domain of human and biological functioning. These avatars serve as analytical references to guide experimental design, signal interpretation, and the philosophical positioning of the observer in relation to the observed. The model centralizes DANA — a bio-territorial perspective of life grounded in the DNA as the primordial organizing intelligence — and demonstrates how partial approaches (avatars) are scientifically useful yet inevitably incomplete when isolated. The phrase “the depth exploring of your question will modulate your next perceptions” defines the epistemological commitment of this structure.

Introduction

In neuroscientific research, any observed behavior is always a reflection — a projection of deeper metabolic, social, neural, and symbolic interactions. The Neuroscientific Avatars presented here function as structured lenses for understanding these layers without losing their systemic complexity.

Each avatar is based on measurable biological processes (e.g., neural activity, oxygenation, proprioception), but also draws from Amerindian epistemologies, particularly those emphasizing territorial consciousness, biosemiotic intelligence, and Quorum Sensing as foundational to life.

The Six Avatars: Scientific Descriptions and Epistemic Functions

 1. Brainlly (Neuro-vascular processing avatar)

Represents the biophysical substrate of perception — integrating neural, glial, and vascular activity. It is used to model semantic memory, sensory pathways, and the basic parameters captured by EEG, fNIRS, and fMRI during task performance.

 2. Iam (Emotional-functional avatar)

Focuses on affective states and first-person consciousness, particularly episodic memory and motivational-emotional links. Captures dynamic states (e.g., engagement, attachment, withdrawal) as reflected in autonomic responses, frontal asymmetry, and cortical excitability.

3. Olmeca (Cultural-connectomic avatar)

Synthesizes individual variability rooted in structural and functional connectomes, shaped by cultural experience, implicit learning, and epigenetic plasticity. It is essential in studies of language, learning diversity, and embodied cognition in context.

4. Yagé*(Metacognitive and Fruição avatar)

Models attentional flexibility, flow states, and the reconfiguration of perception through metacognition. Based on the rock-paper-scissors triad:

  Stone: defense, action, control (alertness networks)

  Paper: social expansion, humor, belonging (DMN, oxytocin)

  Scissors: focused learning, problem-solving (frontoparietal networks)

  Useful in research on creative cognition, psychedelics, meditative absorption, and emotional reframing.

  5. Math Heb (Tensional-connective avatar)

Encodes how Eus Tensionais emerge from multi-source tensions — environmental (via Apus and proprioceptive extension), genetic, experiential, and Quorum Sensing social signaling (e.g., body language, vocal tones).

These “tensional selves” form patterned webs linking emotions, memories, and behavioral decisions.

Math Heb operationalizes these dynamics using Hebbian theory ("neurons that fire together wire together") and quantifies physiological correlates (EEG, SpO₂, HRV).

The name also nods to “Hep” — meaning "one" in Hupd’äh, an Amazonian language — reinforcing the unity of body, tension, and context.

  6. DANA (Territorial DNA avatar)

The core avatar, DANA represents the initiating intelligence of life, inscribed in the DNA of all organisms.

It is both a molecular mechanism and a territorial intelligence, organizing life via protein dynamics, intracellular water flow (neurope), and environmental signaling.

In early development, the egg cell contains not only DNA, but a rhythmic cytoplasmic environment (polarity, gradients, oscillatory flows) that defines when and how DNA replication and differentiation occur.

Cells use Quorum Sensing mechanisms to detect molecular and energetic thresholds, leading to organized differentiation into tissues, systems, and eventually, nervous networks capable of conscious perception.

This perspective is supported by evidence in developmental biology, epigenetics, bioelectromagnetics, and collective cellular behavior.

Conclusion: Toward a Unified Research Paradigm

Each avatar contributes a partial but valid lens to study human and biological complexity. However, relying on only one leads to epistemic loss — as key variables from other dimensions (e.g., territorial intelligence, cultural plasticity, affective load) are excluded from analysis.

The integration via DANA allows a reorientation of neuroscientific research toward a biologically embedded, evidence-based, spiritually neutral, and ethically grounded science of life.

Suggested Use in Research Design

Researchers are encouraged to:

* Select avatars based on their central hypothesis;

* Use complementary avatars to triangulate findings and avoid oversimplification;

* Embed their work within the DANA framework to ensure systemic coherence and alignment with evolutionary, territorial, and cognitive principles shared by all living systems.