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Conserving Coherence Under Constraint
2026-03-10
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Organisms often respond to energy constraints, time pressure, or imminent threat by limiting behavioral options, lowering metabolic demands, and increasing their level of coordinated action. Although these responses can be framed as impairment, we argue they can be adaptive responses that occur as the costs of coordinating complexity exceed an organism's capabilities. As such, selection favors mechanisms that cons...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 635dedb1-574b-5a36-b700-2af1fac3f86f
- DOI
- 10.32942/x2xd38