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 …

[HTML][HTML] Why brain criticality is clinically relevant: a scoping review

V Zimmern - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The past twenty-five years have seen a strong increase in the number of publications related
to criticality in different areas of neuroscience. The potential of criticality to explain various …

Critical dynamics arise during structured information presentation within embodied in vitro neuronal networks

F Habibollahi, BJ Kagan, AN Burkitt… - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding how brains process information is an incredibly difficult task. Amongst the
metrics characterising information processing in the brain, observations of dynamic near …

Long-range phase synchronization of high-frequency oscillations in human cortex

G Arnulfo, SH Wang, V Myrov, B Toselli… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Inter-areal synchronization of neuronal oscillations at frequencies below~ 100 Hz is a
pervasive feature of neuronal activity and is thought to regulate communication in neuronal …

Critical-like brain dynamics in a continuum from second-to first-order phase transition

SH Wang, F Siebenhühner, G Arnulfo… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
The classic brain criticality hypothesis postulates that the brain benefits from operating near
a continuous second-order phase transition. Slow feedback regulation of neuronal activity …

Roles of brain criticality and multiscale oscillations in temporal predictions for sensorimotor processing

S Palva, JM Palva - Trends in neurosciences, 2018 - cell.com
Sensorimotor predictions are essential for adaptive behavior. In natural environments,
events that demand sensorimotor predictions unfold across many timescales, and …

Self-organization toward criticality by synaptic plasticity

R Zeraati, V Priesemann, A Levina - Frontiers in Physics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Self-organized criticality has been proposed to be a universal mechanism for the emergence
of scale-free dynamics in many complex systems, and possibly in the brain. While such …

From pre-processing to advanced dynamic modeling of pupil data

L Fink, J Simola, A Tavano, E Lange, S Wallot… - Behavior Research …, 2024 - Springer
The pupil of the eye provides a rich source of information for cognitive scientists, as it can
index a variety of bodily states (eg, arousal, fatigue) and cognitive processes (eg, attention …

The role of executive functions in academic performance and behaviour of university students

C Ramos-Galarza, P Acosta-Rodas… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is fourfold: first, to analyse the relationship between
executive functions and academic performance; second, to identify the level of prediction …

Complexity synchronization in emergent intelligence

K Mahmoodi, SE Kerick, PJ Franaszczuk… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In this work, we use a simple multi-agent-based-model (MABM) of a social network,
implementing selfish algorithm (SA) agents, to create an adaptive environment and show …