Axiomempiricalv1
Emotions manifest as physiological changes in the body
Emotions manifest as physiological changes in the body (somatic markers) that occur before conscious emotional experience.
Why This Is an Axiom
This is Damasio's somatic marker hypothesis — a foundational empirical claim about the physiological implementation of emotions. It cannot be derived from other curriculum claims; it is a bedrock finding from neuroscience research that the lesson uses to explain why body-based detection of emotions is possible. This is architectural — about how the emotional system actually works at the implementation level.