One Body, Two Drivers — Work in Progress (Chapters 1–5)

This record contains the first four chapters of an ongoing book manuscript titled One Body, Two Drivers, examining the conscious and subconscious mind, their integration, complications, and what that tension reveals about human cognition and identity. Chapter 1 explores the subconscious as the primary driver of decision and behaviour, drawing on the Libet experiment and the gap between neural activity and conscious awareness. Chapter 2 examines somatic memory and the body as an independent record of experience, extending the anomalous presence perception hypothesis into physical space. Chapter 3 investigates the neurochemistry of tragic narratives and why the brain bonds more deeply with witnessed suffering than triumph. Chapter 4 examines dopamine baseline dysregulation under modern conditions and the reward system under chronic overstimulation. This is a restricted upload for the purpose of timestamping and intellectual record. The manuscript is unfinished and not intended for public distribution at this stage.