Expanding Neurorights in Consciousness Research
Consciousness science assumes the somatic-autonomic environment feeding conscious processing is unperturbed. This work questions that premise.
Modern sociotechnological systems can produce directed interference that leaves no structural damage. Neural architecture intact. Neuroimaging normal. Yet consciousness operates on adulterated inputs — through two independent biological routes that current diagnostic instruments cannot detect.
This poster introduces neurofunctional integrity as a normative concept bridging neuroscience, consciousness research, and neurorights, operationalized through the Progressive Evidence Model (PEM v11) and its system-level output, the Brain Health Signature (BHS).
Environmental gradient index across 5 weighted dimensions. Threshold >0.40 activates forensic Loop 6.
Neurofunctional impact grading on an ordinal scale, 0–4, from baseline perturbation to severe compromise.
Composite severity index integrating gradient and epistemic reduction into one scalar measure.
Deviation from individual neurophysiological baseline — rhythms, coherence, synchronization.
Autonomic neurovisceral interference across 12 vectors — somatic signatures below the cognitive layer.
Vagal visceral interference axis, parallel to ANV, mediated through interoceptive prediction disruption.
A non-invasive physiological illustration of the distinction PEM operationalizes: measurable regulatory stability, and what happens when it is challenged and restored.
Conceptual illustration only. Does not claim causal technological influence.