Principles of Vasocomputation: A Unification of Buddhist Phenomenology, Active Inference, and Physical Reflex (Part I)

Johnson's three vasocomputation hypotheses

what the source states

Johnson proposes three hypotheses: Compressive Vasomotion (vasomotion functions as a compression sweep collapsing ambiguous neural patterns), Vascular Clamp (vascular contractions freeze local neural patterns for their duration, functioning as predictions and medium-term memory), and Latched Hyperprior (contractions held long enough engage the smooth- muscle latch-bridge, durably freezing nearby circuitry until the corresponding prediction resolves) — mapping the stack onto Buddhist tanha.

what we infer

The synthesis this case examines, stated by its originator. It is a self-published theoretical program: as of August 2026 its experimental projects (per Edge City materials cited in the critical report) seek direct evidence rather than reporting it.

limitations

• Not peer reviewed; no experimental validation published; the mapping from latch physiology to cognitive content is the theory's central unproven step.