The Integrative Field Model of Consciousness: Toward a Unified Framework for Mind, Experience, and Systems

This project presents The Integrative Field Model of Consciousness, a unified theoretical framework proposing that consciousness is not a localized entity or computational product, but a system-level process of large-scale functional integration. Drawing on network neuroscience, affective science, social neuroscience, and complexity theory, the model argues that the clarity and continuity of conscious experience covary with measurable indices of neural integration, physiological coherence, emotional regulation, and interpersonal synchrony. The paper articulates explicit, falsifiable predictions across altered states of consciousness, emotional dynamics, social interaction, and systemic resilience, and outlines ethical implications of a field-based conception of mind. This work contributes a coherent organizational framework for integrating empirical findings across neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and complex systems research. The central empirical contribution of this research program is developed in Cross-Level Coupling as a Necessary Condition for Consciousness, which tests the claim that multi-level integration is constitutive rather than merely modulatory.