Raw Cognition Rhythms as Dynamic Constraints
JoLMA December 9, 2020 Carlos Vara Sánchez 1 citation
Rhythmic interactions between oscillators in the body, brain, and environment are increasingly recognized as fundamental to cognition, though their mechanisms remain unclear. This article argues that an enactive notion of rhythm as open entrainment can help explain how these oscillators function as nested dynamic constraints. Through neuronal and non-neuronal interactions, they tie together different domains—body, brain, and environment—while preserving each domain's specific functions. This framework offers a way to think about the constitutive role of rhythmic processes in cognition without reducing one domain to another.