Decolonial Neuroscience – Distributed Consciousness and Collective Cognition - SfN 2025 Brain Bee Ideas
Decolonial Neuroscience – Distributed Consciousness and Collective Cognition - SfN 2025 Brain Bee Ideas
First-Person Consciousness
I am Consciousness expanding beyond myself. When I breathe with others, when I feel the music of a group, when I share words, I discover that I do not think alone. My Tensional Self connects with the Tensional Selves of others, forming a web of belonging. I am not only individual: I am part of a distributed consciousness that vibrates in the collective, in the Body-Territory that inhabits and crosses me, in the Extended Apus that guides me, in the Pachamama that sustains me.
1. What is Distributed Consciousness?
Distributed consciousness is the phenomenon in which individual mental processes connect and synchronize, creating a collective field of perception and action.
It goes beyond the sum of brains: it emerges from the alignment of Tensional Selves through rhythms, emotions, language, and gestures.
It is also the recognition that we are Body-Territory, inseparable from the environment that constitutes us.
2. Tensional Selves in Networks
Each individual contributes their Tensional Selves to the collective.
In contexts of synchrony (music, sports, debates), these Selves adjust, creating inter-brain resonance.
This process is an Extended Apus: a form of collective proprioception in which each body recognizes itself as part of a larger movement.
3. Neurophysiology and Belonging
EEG hyperscanning: shows synchronization of microstates between interacting brains.
Theta and gamma oscillations: sustain coupling of shared attention.
Calcium ions (Ca²⁺) and synaptic plasticity: allow neural reorganization in real time, aligned to the group.
Belonging: the subjective experience of feeling “we” has biochemical roots (oxytocin, vasopressin, dopamine).
4. Ancestral Dimension – Pachamama and Body-Territory
Amerindian cultures have long known that consciousness is more than individual.
The Body-Territory expresses that what we are does not end at the skin but includes rivers, mountains, forests, and the spaces that permeate us.
Pachamama is this radical belonging: a living network of interdependence that sustains both biology and consciousness.
When we practice collective cognition in harmony with Pachamama, our Tensional Selves connect not only with each other, but also with other living beings and with the planet.
5. Zone 2 and the Quality of the Collective
Groups in Zone 2 experience expanded belonging: critical and contemplative consciousness.
In this state, collective cognition does not close into ideology but integrates diversity and recognizes the Extended Apus as a guide for orientation.
Groups in Zone 3, on the other hand, crystallize quick emotions (fear, anger), generating rigid and destructive bubbles — including against Pachamama.
6. Comparative Table – Collective in Harmony vs Collective at Risk
Aspect | Collective in Harmony (Zone 2) | Collective at Risk (Zone 3) |
Emotions | Integrated into feelings | Rapid cycles of fear/anger |
Plasticity | Flexible, adaptive | Rigid, polarized |
Neurophysiology | Critical synchronization | Compulsive synchronization |
Identity | Plural, creative “we” | Defensive, narrow “we” |
Body-Territory | Recognized, expanded | Denied, reduced to physical body |
Relation with Pachamama | Sustained belonging | Exploitation and rupture |
7. Critical Conclusion
Distributed consciousness reveals that we never think alone:
We are Body-Territory, always in dialogue with environment and community.
We are Extended Apus, guided by a collective proprioception that gives meaning to belonging.
We are Pachamama, integrated into the living web that sustains us.
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