Overcoming the translational crisis of contemporary psychiatry–converging phenomenological and spatiotemporal psychopathology

G Northoff, J Daub, D Hirjak - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Despite all neurobiological/neurocomputational progress in psychiatric research, recent
authors speak about a 'crisis of contemporary psychiatry'. Some argue that we do not yet …

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsic timescales and predictive allostatic interoception in brain health and disease

A Ibanez, G Northoff - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The cognitive neuroscience of brain diseases faces challenges in understanding the
complex relationship between brain structure and function, the heterogeneity of brain …

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsic neural timescales exhibit different lengths in distinct meditation techniques

B Ventura, Y Çatal, A Wolman, A Buccellato… - NeuroImage, 2024 - Elsevier
Meditation encompasses a range of practices employing diverse induction techniques, each
characterized by a distinct attentional focus. In Mantra meditation, for instance, practitioners …

Beyond task response–pre-stimulus activity modulates contents of consciousness

G Northoff, F Zilio, J Zhang - Physics of life reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The current discussion on the neural correlates of the contents of consciousness (NCCc)
focuses mainly on the post-stimulus period of task-related activity. This neglects the …

[HTML][HTML] The self and our perception of its synchrony–Beyond internal and external cognition

A Scalabrini, M De Amicis, A Brugnera… - Consciousness and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The self is the core of our mental life which connects one's inner mental life with the external
perception. Since synchrony is a key feature of the biological world and its various species …

A measure centrality index for systematic empirical comparison of consciousness theories

R Chis-Ciure, L Melloni, G Northoff - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2024 - Elsevier
Consciousness science is marred by disparate constructs and methodologies, making it
challenging to systematically compare theories. This foundational crisis casts doubts on the …

Auditory inputs modulate intrinsic neuronal timescales during sleep

P Klar, Y Çatal, S Fogel, G Jocham, R Langner… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have demonstrated that intrinsic
neuronal timescales (INT) undergo modulation by external stimulation during …

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsic neural timescales relate to the dynamics of infraslow neural waves

Y Ao, Y Catal, S Lechner, J Hua, G Northoff - NeuroImage, 2024 - Elsevier
The human brain is a highly dynamic organ that operates across a variety of timescales, the
intrinsic neural timescales (INT). In addition to the INT, the neural waves featured by its …

Dendrites contribute to the gradient of intrinsic timescales encompassing cortical and subcortical brain networks

K Wu, LL Gollo - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Cytoarchitectonic studies have uncovered a correlation between higher levels
of cortical hierarchy and reduced dendritic size. This hierarchical organization extends to the …

Flexibility of intrinsic neural timescales during distinct behavioral states

Y Çatal, K Keskin, A Wolman, P Klar, D Smith… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent neuroimaging studies demonstrate a heterogeneity of timescales prevalent in the
brain's ongoing spontaneous activity, labeled intrinsic neural timescales (INT). At the same …