Title : The spectrum of social authenticity: Unadulterated behavioral correlates and neuroplastic adaptation of social constructs
Abstract:
1. Foundation of the Hypothesis (Conceptual Framework): This study examines human behavior along two extremes: "Unadulterated (pure) behavior" and "Constructed (simulated) social behavior." Our observations suggest that unfiltered reactions in individuals with cognitive impairments represent the "basic neural outputs" of the brain, which are not influenced by social norms. In contrast, behaviors in individuals defined as "normal" are the product of a complex "neuroplastic construct" that the brain has developed for social acceptance and survival.
2. Neuroplasticity and Social Adaptation: The brain is a dynamic organ that restructures itself according to environmental stimuli (experience-dependent plasticity). Behaviors referred to in modern society as "arrogance" or "social masking" are actually a consequence of excessive repressive control of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) over deeper brain centers (e.g., the amygdala). Social construction is a process that increases the brain's energy expenditure and shifts synaptic connections from the "natural" to the "expected."
3. Methodological Approach: Participant Observation The research is based on field observations in private educational institutions (Purity Phase) and public urban spaces (Construction Phase) in Germany. Purity Phase: The most natural state of activity of the brain's "Default Mode Network" (DMN) is investigated when social filters are weak or absent.
Construction Phase: It is analyzed how social norms and hierarchies put the individual into a "social simulation" and what long-term (plastic) effects this process has on neural pathways. 4. Expected Results and Discussion This study aims to prove that with increasing societal progress or rising "arrogance," the neural structure of the individual deviates from natural impulses and serves an artificial construct. This is not merely a sociological change, but a structural restructuring of the brain with the goal of "masking." Consequently, it is argued that the state often dismissed as "primitive" actually represents the most efficient and original functioning of the brain, while the "social construct" is a neural burden.
4. Expected Results and Discussion: This study aims to prove that with increasing societal progress or rising "arrogance," the neural structure of the individual deviates from natural impulses and serves an artificial construct. This is not merely a sociological change, but a structural restructuring of the brain with the goal of "masking." Consequently, it is argued that the state often dismissed as "primitive" actually represents the most efficient and original functioning of the brain, while the "social construct" is a neural burden.
