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    It is not the case that Differential attention to stimuli can be fully explained by habituation to familiar odors without invoking any representational self-model.

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    • 1.Selective attention to novel odors while ignoring habituated ones requires monitoring what has been experienced—a self-referential process.
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    • 2.Habituation alone cannot explain context-dependent attention shifts where the same odor receives differential focus based on internal states.
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    • 3.Distinguishing 'my familiar odor' from 'novel odor' requires minimal self-modeling to track the boundary between self and environment.
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    • 1.Habituation is a well-established, parsimonious mechanism observed across all organisms without requiring complex cognitive architecture.
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    • 2.Differential attention patterns in olfaction can be demonstrated in organisms with no plausible self-model, suggesting habituation suffices.
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    • 3.Invoking representational self-models multiplies explanatory entities beyond what empirical evidence necessitates for odor discrimination.
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