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Consciousness actively organizes human experience through an intrinsic spatial architecture comprising six fundamental structures—center, boundary, field, path, node, and horizon—that are constitutive of conscious life. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

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To introduce a conceptual framework proposing that consciousness possesses an intrinsic spatial architecture that actively organizes human perception, identity, meaning, and subjective experience.

August 27, 2026American Behavioral Scientist

Spatial Architecture of Consciousness: Centers, Boundaries, and Fields of Human Experience

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To introduce a conceptual framework proposing that consciousness possesses an intrinsic spatial architecture that actively organizes human perception, identity, meaning, and subjective experience.
Synthesized interdisciplinary theoretical insights from phenomenology, embodied cognition, ecological psychology, cognitive linguistics, and consciousness studies.
Conceptualized structural elements that govern conscious organization independently of physical space or abstract conceptual representations.
Defined six fundamental spatial structures of conscious experience: center, boundary, field, path, node, and horizon.
Showed that experiential spatial organization directs attention, differentiates the self from the world, and underpins psychological phenomena including identity, alienation, and orientation.

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Theoretical analysis reveals an intrinsic spatial architecture in human consciousness, suggesting experience is organized through structural dimensions like centers, boundaries, and fields.

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Maltsev et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Theoretical analysis reveals an intrinsic spatial architecture in human consciousness, suggesting experience is organized through structural dimensions like centers, boundaries, and fields.

Spatial Architecture of Consciousness: Centers, Boundaries, and Fields of Human Experience

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