Scenario:
↑ bottom-up ↓ top-down Feelings (labels) named, partial Perception encoding patterns Feeling subjective, meaningful Emotion bodily, coordinated Affect valence + arousal Sensing continuous, distributed Sensation noticed fragment Memory schemas, felt meanings Cognitive recall facts, scores, steps Emotional memory re-triggers feelings Muscle memory automated sensing Affect regulation breath, ritual, focus Body awareness trained noticing Trained reflex response in the body Affect underlies and colors all layers

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