Regional Meta-Noetic Phase Space in fMRI: Child–Adult Manifold Dynamics in a Naturalistic Movie

Langell, Robin

doi:10.5281/zenodo.17803258

Published December 3, 2025 | Version v.0.11

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Regional Meta-Noetic Phase Space in fMRI: Child–Adult Manifold Dynamics in a Naturalistic Movie

Langell, Robin (Researcher)

This is a first, openly documented implementation of Regional Meta-Noetic Phase Space (MNPS) in fMRI, using the ds000228 Pixar dataset. The work should be read as a methodological and conceptual technical report rather than a definitive neurodevelopmental study. All mappings from BOLD features to MNPS coordinates are explicitly heuristic and config-driven, and all results should be regarded as hypothesis-generating.

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Note on Collaborative Authorship

This manuscript was co-developed through iterative correspondence between human researcher Robin Langell and several large language models. The primary drafting and theoretical scaffolding were conducted by GPT-5.1 (OpenAI), contributing to the mathematical formalization and system integration. Critical technical review and iterative "peer review" were performed by Gemini 3 (Google), GPT-5.1 (OpenAI) and Claude 4.5 Opus (Anthropic), whose rigorous critiques of the sub-coordinate definitions and statistical methodology significantly shaped the final manuscript. All models were used as structured reasoning and writing

assistants under the direction and final authorship of Robin Langell.

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