# Scientific foundation for Cosmos Luminosity question work

Use when Margarita asks to ground Basic Questions, Advanced Questions / Вопросы большой сборки, energetic questions, or “questions as operators” in psychology/neuroscience research.

## Core CL framing

- A question is an **operator of attention**: it gives the brain a search parameter.
- A good question creates an **open search loop** rather than a quick closure.
- The CL formula: “Вопрос создаёт направление внимания → внимание меняет то, что мозг замечает → замеченное постепенно меняет мышление, выбор и доступную реальность.”
- Use “код новой сборки восприятия” / “настройка внимания” / “оператор реальности” as CL translations.

## Research lines to cite

1. **Goal-directed / top-down attention**
   - Questions can set attentional priorities: the brain starts selecting stimuli relevant to the goal/question.
   - Useful terms: attentional set, selective attention, biased competition, top-down attention.
   - Anchor: Desimone & Duncan (1995), *Neural Mechanisms of Selective Visual Attention*, DOI `10.1146/annurev.ne.18.030195.001205`.

2. **Curiosity and memory**
   - A question creates a curiosity gap; curiosity activates reward circuitry and improves memory.
   - Anchor: Kang et al. (2009), *The Wick in the Candle of Learning*, DOI `10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02402.x`.

3. **Self-questioning / question generation**
   - Generating questions improves learning and comprehension; it makes the learner active.
   - Anchor: Rosenshine, Meister & Chapman (1996), *Teaching Students to Generate Questions*, DOI `10.3102/00346543066002181`.

4. **Elaborative interrogation**
   - “Why/how is this true?” deepens understanding by linking new material to prior knowledge.
   - Good for translating CL questions into educational language.

5. **Retrieval practice / testing effect**
   - Trying to retrieve an answer strengthens long-term retention.
   - Anchor: Roediger & Karpicke (2006), *Test-Enhanced Learning*, DOI `10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01693.x`.

6. **Self-reference effect**
   - Personally relevant questions are encoded more deeply.
   - Anchor: Rogers, Kuiper & Kirker (1977), *Self-reference and the encoding of personal information*, DOI `10.1037/0022-3514.35.9.677`.

7. **Interrogative self-talk**
   - Asking “Will I?” can increase goal-directed motivation compared with declarative “I will.”
   - Anchor: Senay, Albarracín & Noguchi (2010), *Motivating Goal-Directed Behavior Through Introspective Self-Talk*, DOI `10.1177/0956797610364751`.

## Vocabulary for “точка зрения”

Use varied terminology depending on the layer:

- когнитивная схема
- ментальная модель
- установка
- фрейм / рамка восприятия
- убеждение
- предпосылка мышления
- интерпретационный контур
- линия мышления
- нарратив / история о себе
- предиктивная модель

CL variants:

- контур мышления
- рамка реальности
- линия восприятия
- внутренняя карта возможного
- код интерпретации
- сборка смысла
- настройка внимания
- архитектура выбора
- операционная версия реальности

## Encyclopedia workflow

When building the encyclopedia, create or update:

- `content/scientific-foundation-of-questions.md`
- Link it from `content/index.md` near Basic/Advanced Questions.
- Add it to frontmatter links of `basic-questions.md`, `advanced-questions.md`, and `energetic-question-functioning.md`.

Keep claims careful: frame research as supporting mechanisms (attention, memory, curiosity, self-reference, motivation), not as proof of metaphysical claims.