Cognitive–Informational Relativity

Contemporary physics and cognitive science both rely on observer-dependent frameworks, yet lack a unified account of how informational constraints shape experienced reality. Special relativity demonstrated that simultaneity and temporal order depend on reference frames and signal propagation limits, while quantum theory introduced observer-relative state updates constrained by no-signaling principles. Independently, cognitive science has shown that perception, memory, and temporal experience are actively constructed under bounded informational, predictive, and integrative constraints. This manuscript introduces Cognitive–Informational Relativity (CIR), a theoretical framework that formalizes observers as information-processing systems defined by bandwidth, resolution, temporal integration windows, and predictive priors. CIR proposes that observed temporal order, simultaneity, and measurement outcomes are functions of observer-relative informational frames, analogous to reference frames in physical relativity. The framework generates falsifiable predictions regarding temporal binding, cognitive load, memory reconstruction, and the limits of actionable information, and offers a principled reinterpretation of observer dependence without invoking violations of established physical laws. This manuscript is theoretical in nature and presents no empirical data; experimental paradigms are proposed for future empirical testing.