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 …

Computational models link cellular mechanisms of neuromodulation to large-scale neural dynamics

JM Shine, EJ Müller, B Munn, J Cabral, RJ Moran… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Decades of neurobiological research have disclosed the diverse manners in which the
response properties of neurons are dynamically modulated to support adaptive cognitive …

Dynamic models of large-scale brain activity

M Breakspear - Nature neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Movement, cognition and perception arise from the collective activity of neurons within
cortical circuits and across large-scale systems of the brain. While the causes of single …

Brain states and transitions: insights from computational neuroscience

ML Kringelbach, G Deco - Cell Reports, 2020 - cell.com
Within the field of computational neuroscience there are great expectations of finding new
ways to rebalance the complex dynamic system of the human brain through controlled …

Toward naturalistic neuroscience: Mechanisms underlying the flattening of brain hierarchy in movie-watching compared to rest and task

ML Kringelbach, YS Perl, E Tagliazucchi, G Deco - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Identifying the functional specialization of the brain has moved from using cognitive tasks
and resting state to using ecological relevant, naturalistic movies. We leveraged a large …

Criticality in the brain: A synthesis of neurobiology, models and cognition

L Cocchi, LL Gollo, A Zalesky, M Breakspear - Progress in neurobiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Cognitive function requires the coordination of neural activity across many scales, from
neurons and circuits to large-scale networks. As such, it is unlikely that an explanatory …

The human posterior cingulate, retrosplenial, and medial parietal cortex effective connectome, and implications for memory and navigation

ET Rolls, S Wirth, G Deco, CC Huang… - Human Brain …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The human posterior cingulate, retrosplenial, and medial parietal cortex are involved in
memory and navigation. The functional anatomy underlying these cognitive functions was …

The dynamics of resting fluctuations in the brain: metastability and its dynamical cortical core

G Deco, ML Kringelbach, VK Jirsa, P Ritter - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
In the human brain, spontaneous activity during resting state consists of rapid transitions
between functional network states over time but the underlying mechanisms are not …

Sensory-motor cortices shape functional connectivity dynamics in the human brain

X Kong, R Kong, C Orban, P Wang, S Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Large-scale biophysical circuit models provide mechanistic insights into the micro-scale and
macro-scale properties of brain organization that shape complex patterns of spontaneous …

The human orbitofrontal cortex, vmPFC, and anterior cingulate cortex effective connectome: emotion, memory, and action

ET Rolls, G Deco, CC Huang, J Feng - Cerebral cortex, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The human orbitofrontal cortex, ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), and anterior
cingulate cortex are involved in reward processing and thereby in emotion but are also …