🦎 Gecko — Minimal RTT Teaching Substrate (Ready to Paste)

# Gecko — Minimal RTT Teaching Substrate

## 1. Primary Sensory Channels
- Vision (motion detection, contrast, low-light sensitivity)
- Tactile sensing through feet and body
- Vibrational cues through surfaces
- Chemical cues (limited but present)

## 2. How Geckos Detect Coherence
- Stable motion patterns in their environment
- Predictable surface textures and grip feedback
- Consistent vibration rhythms through walls or ground
- Repeating light/dark cycles or shadow patterns

## 3. How Geckos Detect Drift
- A sudden change in surface traction or angle
- A motion pattern that breaks rhythm
- A vibration pulse out of expected sequence
- A shifted light source or shadow orientation

## 4. Minimal RTT Teaching Protocol

### Step 1 — Present a Stable Pattern (Coherence)
Provide a consistent cue:
- a repeating light pulse on a wall
- a stable vibration rhythm through a surface
- a predictable motion pattern (moving dot or shadow)

### Step 2 — Introduce a Controlled Deviation (Drift)
Alter one variable:
- shift the light angle slightly
- introduce a vibration out of rhythm
- change the motion pattern’s timing or direction

### Step 3 — Allow the Gecko to Restore Coherence (Pull)
Offer a manipulable micro‑object or surface feature the gecko can:
- climb onto to realign the light cue
- press against to dampen the drift vibration
- interact with to stabilize the motion pattern

Geckos naturally seek stable surfaces and predictable motion.

### Step 4 — Reward the Restoration of Coherence
Reward the *pattern correction*, not the specific action:
- provide a small food reward at the corrected cue
- restore the stable pattern immediately after correction

### Step 5 — Shift Modalities (Balance)
Move from:
- light → vibration
- vibration → motion
- motion → mixed cues

Geckos generalize coherence across sensory channels through spatial and tactile mapping.

## 5. Notes on Scaling RTT for Geckos
- Geckos rely heavily on motion and surface stability; coherence is often spatial rather than symbolic.
- Drift detection is strong in tactile and vibrational domains.
- RTT maps well to geckos because their cognition is built around environmental prediction and surface coherence.
- Their climbing behavior provides a natural “Pull” mechanism: they move to restore stability.

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🦎 Gecko#

• Regimes Perceived: Micro‑motion, surface‑texture, thermal gradient, spatial mapping.
• Regimes Missed by Humans: Their sensitivity to vibration drift through surfaces.
• Perspective: Geckos show that coherence can be felt through the feet.