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This gap constitutes the explanatory niche addressed by the Emergent Flow Theory (EFT). EFT proposes that consciousness-supporting cortical integration is organized across three nested temporal regimes: \u0394T\u1d62 (autonomic-interoceptive, ~50\u2013200\u202fms), \u0394T\u209a (conscious access, ~200\u2013500\u202fms), and \u0394T\u1da0 (phenomenological-narrative, ~500\u202fms\u20133\u202fs)\u2014understood as functional approximations of dominant processing epochs rather than discrete neural compartments. The core theoretical claim is that autonomic coherence (\u03b3), operationally indexed by heart rate variability (HRV), functions as a system-level gain parameter modulating the probability and quality of transitions between these regimes. This relationship is formalized in a phenomenological dynamic equation for a latent integrated-complexity state Q, constrained observationally by measures such as the Perturbational Complexity Index (PCI): dQ\/dt\u202f=\u202f\u03ba\u00b7\u03b3\u00b7\u03a3(n,k) [\u03b1nk \u00b7 g(\u0394Tnk)]\u202f\u2212\u202f\u03b2Q\u202f+\u202f\u03be(t) [\n                    <jats:italic>Master Equation \u2014 Integrated Cortical Complexity Q<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b3 denotes the dimensionless, latent effective autonomic gain parameter; \u03b3\u0302 is its empirical estimator, used for calibration and testing but not written into the equation itself<\/jats:italic>\n                    )]. Five empirical predictions (P1\u2013P5), each with explicit adjudication criteria, are derived from this architecture \u2014 with P4 comprising a falsifiable existence test (P4a) followed by conditional model discrimination (P4b) \u2014 targeting the HRV\u2013PCI covariation profile, transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation effects on conscious access markers, stress-induced \u0394T\u1da0 disruption, the functional form of the observable \u03b3\u0302\u2013PCI relationship as an empirical constraint on the latent \u03b3\u2013Q hypothesis, and salience network causal contributions. EFT is offered as a Tier-2 theoretical framework complementary to GNW, IIT, and PP\/FEP, situating autonomic coherence as a proposed physiological precondition within which the integrative capacities described by these frameworks may be realized.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnint.2026.1841714","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,18]],"date-time":"2026-09-18T05:39:09Z","timestamp":1789709949000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Emergent flow theory: autonomic coherence as a gain parameter for the temporal architecture of conscious integration"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Alfredo L\u00f3pez","family":"Parra","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Independent Researcher","place":["Mexico City, Mexico"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"59","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1749-6632.2011.06011.x","article-title":"The von Economo neurons in the frontoinsular and anterior cingulate cortex","volume":"1225","author":"Allman","year":"2011","journal-title":"Ann. 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