diff --git a/src/user/amygdala.rs b/src/user/amygdala.rs
index ff6de16..7689bc0 100644
--- a/src/user/amygdala.rs
+++ b/src/user/amygdala.rs
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ enum DisplayMode {
 impl AmygdalaScreen {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
-            // Default to layer 62 — validation across all 64 layers
-            // showed 58 has high cohesion but also high cross-cluster
-            // contamination (fear-state bleeds into sadness, etc.),
-            // while 60-62 are cleaner discriminators. With the deep
-            // manifest (layers 58, 60, 62, 63), index 2 = layer 62.
-            // Bounded down to the actual layer count at render time.
-            selected_layer: 2,
+            // Default to layer 62 — clean cross-cluster discrimination
+            // with good within-cluster cohesion. With the v2 deep
+            // manifest (layers 62, 63), index 0 = layer 62 and
+            // index 1 = layer 63 (sharper but noisier on some
+            // dimensions). Bounded down to actual layer count at
+            // render time.
+            selected_layer: 0,
             mode: DisplayMode::MeanRecent,
             display_indices: Vec::new(),
             normalize: true,