How critical is brain criticality?

J O'Byrne, K Jerbi - Trends in Neurosciences, 2022 - cell.com
Criticality is the singular state of complex systems poised at the brink of a phase transition
between order and randomness. Such systems display remarkable information-processing …

Temporo-spatial Theory of Consciousness (TTC)–Bridging the gap of neuronal activity and phenomenal states

G Northoff, F Zilio - Behavioural brain research, 2022 - Elsevier
Consciousness and its neural mechanisms remain a mystery. Current neuroscientific
theories focus predominantly on the external input/stimulus and the associated stimulus …

[HTML][HTML] An open-source, high-performance tool for automated sleep staging

R Vallat, MP Walker - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The clinical and societal measurement of human sleep has increased exponentially in
recent years. However, unlike other fields of medical analysis that have become highly …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying arousal and awareness in altered states of consciousness using interpretable deep learning

M Lee, LRD Sanz, A Barra, A Wolff… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Consciousness can be defined by two components: arousal (wakefulness) and awareness
(subjective experience). However, neurophysiological consciousness metrics able to …

Methodological considerations for studying neural oscillations

T Donoghue, N Schaworonkow… - European journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Neural oscillations are ubiquitous across recording methodologies and species, broadly
associated with cognitive tasks, and amenable to computational modelling that investigates …

An increase of inhibition drives the developmental decorrelation of neural activity

M Chini, T Pfeffer, I Hanganu-Opatz - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Throughout development, the brain transits from early highly synchronous activity patterns to
a mature state with sparse and decorrelated neural activity, yet the mechanisms underlying …

Consciousness is supported by near-critical slow cortical electrodynamics

D Toker, I Pappas, JD Lendner… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Mounting evidence suggests that during conscious states, the electrodynamics of the cortex
are poised near a critical point or phase transition and that this near-critical behavior …

Human REM sleep recalibrates neural activity in support of memory formation

JD Lendner, N Niethard, BA Mander… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The proposed mechanisms of sleep-dependent memory consolidation involve the overnight
regulation of neural activity at both synaptic and whole-network levels. Now, there is a lack …

[HTML][HTML] Periodic and aperiodic neural activity displays age-dependent changes across early-to-middle childhood

AT Hill, GM Clark, FJ Bigelow, JAG Lum… - Developmental Cognitive …, 2022 - Elsevier
The neurodevelopmental period spanning early-to-middle childhood represents a time of
significant growth and reorganisation throughout the cortex. Such changes are critical for the …

[HTML][HTML] Modality-specific tracking of attention and sensory statistics in the human electrophysiological spectral exponent

L Waschke, T Donoghue, L Fiedler, S Smith, DD Garrett… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
A hallmark of electrophysiological brain activity is its 1/f-like spectrum–power decreases with
increasing frequency. The steepness of this 'roll-off'is approximated by the spectral …