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 …

Dynamic mechanisms that couple the brain and breathing to the external environment

J Goheen, A Wolman, LL Angeletti, A Wolff… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Brain and breathing activities are closely related. However, the exact neurophysiological
mechanisms that couple the brain and breathing to stimuli in the external environment are …

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 …

Altered brain dynamics index levels of arousal in complete locked-in syndrome

F Zilio, J Gomez-Pilar, U Chaudhary, S Fogel… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Complete locked-in syndrome (CLIS) resulting from late-stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS) is characterised by loss of motor function and eye movements. The absence of …

As without, so within: how the brain's temporo-spatial alignment to the environment shapes consciousness

G Northoff, P Klar, M Bein, A Safron - Interface Focus, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Consciousness is constituted by a structure that includes contents as foreground and the
environment as background. This structural relation between the experiential foreground …

Scale-free dynamics in the core-periphery topography and task alignment decline from conscious to unconscious states

P Klar, Y Çatal, R Langner, Z Huang… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Scale-free physiological processes are ubiquitous in the human organism. Resting-state
functional MRI studies observed the loss of scale-free dynamics under anesthesia. In …

Scale‐free dynamics of core‐periphery topography

P Klar, Y Çatal, R Langner, Z Huang… - Human Brain …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The human brain's cerebral cortex exhibits a topographic division into higher‐order
transmodal core and lower‐order unimodal periphery regions. While timescales between …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced emergent character of neural dynamics in patients with a disrupted connectome

AI Luppi, PAM Mediano, FE Rosas, J Allanson… - Neuroimage, 2023 - Elsevier
High-level brain functions are widely believed to emerge from the orchestrated activity of
multiple neural systems. However, lacking a formal definition and practical quantification of …

Manifold learning and Lempel-Ziv complexity-based fault severity recognition method for bearing

J Yin, X Zhuang, W Sui, Y Sheng - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
The health condition of bearings was related to the operation status of mechanical
equipment, and there were relatively few methods to recognize the severity of bearing faults …

The Thermodynamics of Mind

ML Kringelbach, YS Perl, G Deco - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
To not only survive, but also thrive, the brain must efficiently orchestrate distributed
computation across space and time. This requires hierarchical organisation facilitating fast …