{"id":1386,"date":"2026-08-13T06:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T06:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/driss-boussaoud.rovexen.com\/?page_id=1386"},"modified":"2026-09-01T05:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T05:40:23","slug":"cerveau-presence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/driss-boussaoud.rovexen.com\/en\/cerveau-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"CERVEAU & PR\u00c9SENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE BRAIN OF PRESENCE\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhere does sociality begin?\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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What if the human brain never functioned entirely on its own?\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor several years, various studies have shown that the mere presence of others can modify cognitive performance, neuronal recruitment, or even certain forms of synaptic plasticity.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAt the same time, social neuroscience and the concept of the social brain have profoundly renewed our understanding of human mental life, seeking to understand how processes such as empathy, theory of mind, mentalization, or more broadly social cognition emerge and are supported by the brain.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe question posed here is different.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt consists of asking whether, in this theoretical framework, sociality is not addressed a little late, once more fundamental processes are already at work.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBecause before any communication, before any interaction, sometimes even before any explicit awareness of the other, the brain must already have an answer, however approximate, to a fundamental question:\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Is there anyone else here besides me?\"\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn an empty room, the answer is easy, almost instantaneous. But this is an exception. Most of the time, the presence of others isn't observed directly; it's inferred. A noise in the next room, the feeling of being watched without being certain, a silhouette glimpsed out of the corner of your eye\u2014in these ordinary situations, the brain doesn't have a binary response. It maintains a continuous, constantly updated estimate, accompanied by a varying level of confidence: someone might be there, probably is, definitely is\u2014or not.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Presence Brain proposes to explore this hypothesis: this assessment of the presence of others is not a mere prelude to social life, triggered and then forgotten. It runs continuously, like a background against which attention, cognition, and behavior are organized\u2014just as much, for example, as attention itself. It is precisely because it is continuous that it deserves the status of a foundational condition, and not simply a contextual factor.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis same zone of uncertainty\u2014where presence must be inferred rather than observed\u2014is also where the model intersects with clinical practice. Underestimating a real signal of presence, overestimating it, or applying a chronically biased weighting: these are avenues for understanding certain experiences of derealization, hypervigilance, or social anxiety. These avenues are not a separate development from the theoretical hypothesis; they are a direct extension of it.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis hypothesis is still under development. The texts gathered here offer its initial foundations, at the crossroads of neuroscience, psychology, clinical practice, and everyday human experience.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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To join the project\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis page is the entry point to the Brain of Presence project. To explore it, you can consult the following pages in order:\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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