Subjectica: Sensory Circulation and Pre-Motor Readiness in Embodied Decision-Making
Preprints.org January 5, 2026 Deyan Shopin preprint
Emotional body mapping, which links bodily sensations to feelings, has been organized into a framework of physiological, motor, and conceptual signals. Current models lack a formal way to use functional lateralization—differences between the brain's left and right hemispheres—as a predictor of a person's cognitive stance. This paper integrates the Subjectica model, which distinguishes a Personally-Oriented Left Side (PO-LS) from a Socially-Oriented Right Side (SO-RS) of the body, to interpret asymmetric neurobehavioral signals. The concept of Sensory Circulation (SC) describes a continuous flow of sensory signals that determines somatic awareness. This approach treats body maps not as static reports of emotion but as dynamic indicators of cognitive orientation, linking hemispheric specialization to observable body kinematics and providing a neurophenomenological foundation for cognitive science.