| Title: |
When the Small Triggers the Big: Micro‑Triggers and the Emergence of Thinking |
| Authors: |
Molchanova, Olena; GPT-based Reasoning System (OpenAI) |
| Publisher Information: |
Zenodo |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
Zenodo |
| Subject Terms: |
Thinking; Thinking/classification; Thinking/physiology; Thinking/ethics; insight; micro‑triggers; surprisal; associative networks; stochastic resonance; predictive coding; Attention; Attentional Bias; Knowledge Bases |
| Description: |
This paper addresses a seemingly paradoxical phenomenon: thought processes are often initiated not by large-scale inputs, but by small, unexpected micro‑triggers that shift the current frame of perception. The strength of a trigger lies not in its magnitude, but in its informational surprise against the background of existing knowledge. We propose a conceptual model at the intersection of associative psychology, predictive coding, and signal-to-noise theory: (i) the knowledge base creates the context and the 'energy landscape' for search; (ii) a micro‑trigger acts as a localized perturbation of high surprisal, lowering thresholds between representational states; (iii) weak noise can enhance signal detectability (stochastic resonance). Predictions, methodological implications, and limitations are discussed. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
https://zenodo.org/records/17272239; oai:zenodo.org:17272239; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17272239 |
| DOI: |
10.5281/zenodo.17272239 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17272239; https://zenodo.org/records/17272239 |
| Rights: |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International ; cc-by-4.0 ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.94EF3B43 |
| Database: |
BASE |