Neuroscience Perception Avatars

The depth of your question shapes what you will perceive next.
In evidence-based science, a “good question” is not just curiosity: it defines the slice of reality you will observe (time window, context, body, culture) and the kind of data that will make sense.

Why we use Avatars

Our Avatars / Elements / Illustrative Mascots exist for one simple (and powerful) reason:
when a researcher intentionally “stands in” a different avatar, they tend to ask different questions — and they tend to interpret the same dataset through different lenses.

That is not a flaw. It is a method.

• Human behavior is multidimensional. Any study measures partials, not the whole.

• Research captures behavioral reflections through signals and biosignals (EEG, fNIRS, SpO₂, HRV, GSR, movement, speech, video, etc.) inside a time window and a territory.

• The avatar acts as a “slice-guide”: it helps decide what to ask, what to control, what to measure, and how to interpret.

We currently work with 08 avatars.

Connectomes in action: Paper–Rock–Scissors

We organize functional connectome modes as three operational states (linked to Kahneman’s “fast vs slow thinking,” as a practical metaphor):

Scissors — Prefrontal / “Think Slow”

• More prefrontal recruitment

• Cut, classify, register, catalog

• Logic, planning, executive control

• Great for method; risky when it becomes rigidity

Rock — Sensorimotor / “Think Fast”

• More sensorimotor recruitment

• Replicate the known (movement and/or cognition)

• Habits, quick decisions, defense/attack/escape

• Efficient; risky when it becomes autopilot

Paper — Fruition + Metacognition (Zone 2)

• Fruition with metacognition (open, regulated, creative)

• Attention broadens, the body stabilizes, belonging reorganizes choices

• Supports high performance with psychological safety

Zones 1–2–3 (where these modes stabilize)

• Zone 1: everyday life in task mode (functional mix of Scissors + Rock)

• Zone 2: Paper (Fruition + metacognition), return to body and belonging

• Zone 3: capture by rigid scripts/ideologies; interoception/proprioception get silenced (defensive Rock + rigid Scissors, without real Paper)

The 08 Avatars (revised definitions)

1) Brainlly (Jellyfish) — Living Neurodynamics of Perception

Represents: neurons + glia + blood (neurovascular coupling).
Typical questions: “What neurophysiological pattern accompanies this state?” “How do transitions Zone 1↔2 or Zone 3→2 show up in biosignals?”
Typical measures: EEG, fNIRS, SpO₂, pupil, reaction time.

2) Iam (Continuous lines) — Affect, Motivation, and 1st-person Consciousness

Represents: affective states, bonds, motivations, emotions and feelings shaping decisions and episodic memory.
Typical questions: “What regulates vs dysregulates this body?” “Which short emotion is sustaining a stable feeling?”
Typical measures: HRV, GSR, respiration, facial cues, brief self-report scales.

3) Olmeca (LatAm Anthropology) — Culture, Life History, and the Social Connectome

Represents: language, habits, rituals, education, class, trauma, cultural territory + development (with epigenetic bridges).
Typical questions: “What here is biography/culture?” “Why does the same stimulus mean different things across people?”
Typical tools: contextual tasks, short interviews, narrative analysis, sociocultural variables.

4) Yagé (States of Consciousness) — Mode Shifting and Applied Metacognition

Represents: noticing perception itself and flexing constructs (values, beliefs, principles).
Core function: the “gearbox” that helps identify and shift from rigid Rock/Scissors into Paper (Zone 2) when possible.

5) APUS — Body-Territory / Extended Proprioception

Represents: environment entering the body: posture, gravity, space, rhythm, breath, “territory as an extension of the body.”
Typical questions: “Which environmental factor reorganizes the body?” “How does territory reshape focus, emotion, and decision?”
Typical measures: movement/IMU, posture, breathing, HRV, trajectories in space.

6) Jiwasa — Synchrony/Desynchrony between DNAs in a Shared Task (same biome)

Represents: group-level coupling: coordination, conflict, cohesion, affect contagion, social timing.
Typical questions: “Is the group in collective Zone 2 or collective Zone 3?” “Where is synchrony real vs synchrony-by-pressure?”
Typical measures: hyperscanning (EEG/fNIRS), HRV/respiration synchrony, speech turn-taking metrics.

7) Math/Hep — Evidence-based Science: Relationship and Causality

Represents: experimental design, measurement, bias control, inference.
Key point: correlation is often not enough — the method must test causality when the question demands it.
Typical questions: “What do I manipulate?” “What outcome do I measure?” “Which control prevents self-deception?”
Rule: one testable hypothesis at a time (Hep = “1”).
Guiding line: Your body feels. Your brain learns. Science measures. Experiments test causality.

8) DANA (DNA Avatar) — DNA Intelligence and Living Organization in Territory

Represents: original biological intelligence inscribed in DNA, regulated by rhythms, environment, and biosocial belonging.
Direct bridges: with APUS (territory regulates expression/stability) and Jiwasa (shared-biome coupling modulates collective dynamics).
Typical questions: “What sustains regulation biologically?” “Which conditions keep Zone 2 plausible and stable over time?”

Keeping Avatars scientifically “alive”

To keep avatars as strong references in evidence-based science, each avatar maintains a living dossier of publications:

1. New relevant papers get attached to an avatar (or a bridge between avatars).

2. Math/Hep audits methods: variables, controls, limitations, correlation vs causality.

3. The avatar becomes a sharper lens: better questions, cleaner designs, clearer interpretations.

Minimal scientific base (why avatars exist)

• WEIRD bias & generalization problem: Behavioral science often overgeneralizes from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic samples, which can be non-representative of humanity. 

• Sampling bias is persistent (especially in development): High-impact developmental research remains heavily skewed toward WEIRD populations, motivating structural corrections in designs and interpretations. 

• Culture is under-modeled in brain development research: Developmental cognitive neuroscience has historically paid limited attention to cultural/ethnic variation (e.g., strong Western-country dominance in sampled publications). 

• Culture–Behavior–Brain loop: A formal framework supports the idea that culture shapes brain activity via behavior, and the brain feeds back into culture through behavioral influence—exactly the logic behind “multiple avatar lenses.” 

• Dialogical Multiplication / Indigenous psychology principles: A robust intercultural framework supports “listening without erasing the other,” aligning with Olmeca and the ethics of interpretation. 

• Decolonizing research methodologies: Research with Indigenous peoples is not politically neutral; decolonial methodology offers guardrails against epistemic erasure and extractive interpretation—strengthening Math/Hep’s bias-control commitments. 

Colonización de la percepción en Navidad

Colonization of Perception at Christmas

Colonização da percepção no Natal

Avatares Neurocientíficos de Percepción

Neuroscience Perception Avatars

Avatares Neurocientíficos de Percepção

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Tríada de la percepción navideña colonizada

Christmas, Debt-Money, and a “Biome Economy”: why retail CBDC could reduce social anxiety (and shift spending toward services)

Christmas in the Global South: how a “script” enters my body (and how I reclaim my sensing without losing belonging)

A Colonized Christmas Perception in Triple Aspect: Biome Politics, Yãy hã mĩy, and the Mental Hyperspace of References

Natal e economia do bioma: sair do dinheiro-dívida e entrar no crédito sem dívida (DREX Cidadão)

Natal no Hemisfério Sul: como meu corpo aprende o roteiro e como eu recupero o sentir sem perder o pertencimento

Natal Colonizado em Triplo Aspecto: Bioma, Yãy hã mĩy e Hiperespaço Mental

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