Beyond the Laboratory: Towards a Sociotechnical and Just Neurophenomenology

This Opinion Article extends the methodological horizon proposed in the Call for Papers The Future of Neurophenomenology by incorporating sociotechnical and cognitive justice dimensions absent from the CFP. In a context where neurotechnologies, predictive algorithms, and language models mediate everyday life, empirical implementations increasingly challenge the assumption that experience unfolds as an immediate or “pure” flow. These systems inscribe scripts—sequences of perception, action, and response—that orient lived experience and produce forms of subjectivity aligned with design expectations, market logics, and governance frameworks. Given these empirical conditions, the future of neurophenomenology requires integrating analyses of governmentality, infrastructure, and unequal access to understand how experience is shaped, anticipated, and modulated by sociotechnical systems. We propose a sociotechnical and fair neurophenomenology that complements the methodological integration promoted in CFP with a critical reflection on the technologies that shape contemporary subjectivity.