What would a synthetic connectome look like?
Publication date: Available online 2 July 2019Source: Physics of Life ReviewsAuthor(s): Ithai RabinowitchAbstractA major challenge of contemporary neuroscience is to unravel the structure of the connectome, the ensemble of neural connections that link between different functional units of the brain, and to reveal how this structure relates to brain function. This thriving area of research largely follows the general tradition in biology of reverse-engineering, which consists of first observing and characterizing a biological system or process, and then deconstructing it into its fundamental building blocks in order to infe...
Source: Physics of Life Reviews - July 3, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
Symphony of high-dimensional brain: Reply to comments on “The unreasonable effectiveness of small neural ensembles in high-dimensional brain”
Publication date: Available online 25 June 2019Source: Physics of Life ReviewsAuthor(s): Alexander N. Gorban, Valeri A. Makarov, Ivan Y. Tyukin (Source: Physics of Life Reviews)
Source: Physics of Life Reviews - June 26, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
Morphogenesis as bayesian inference: A variational approach to pattern formation and control in complex biological systems
Publication date: Available online 12 June 2019Source: Physics of Life ReviewsAuthor(s): Franz Kuchling, Karl Friston, Georgi Georgiev, Michael LevinAbstractRecent advances in molecular biology such as gene editing [1], bioelectric recording and manipulation [2] and live cell microscopy using fluorescent reporters [3], [4] – especially with the advent of light-controlled protein activation through optogenetics [5] – have provided the tools to measure and manipulate molecular signaling pathways with unprecedented spatiotemporal precision. This has produced ever increasing detail about the molecular mechanisms underlying...
Source: Physics of Life Reviews - June 13, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
Phenotypes in Hemispheric Functional Segregation? Perspectives and Challenges
Publication date: Available online 12 June 2019Source: Physics of Life ReviewsAuthor(s): Guy VingerhoetsAbstractDirectional hemispheric dominance has been established for numerous cognitive functions in the human brain. Strong population biases with some functions favoring the left and others the right hemisphere generated the popular idea of an advantageous prototypical division of labor between both halves of the brain, molded by evolution and genetically blueprinted. As most empirical studies on functional lateralization focused on a single function at a time, little is known about the relation between different asymmet...
Source: Physics of Life Reviews - June 13, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
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Publication date: March 2019Source: Physics of Life Reviews, Volume 28Author(s): (Source: Physics of Life Reviews)
Source: Physics of Life Reviews - June 6, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
Is temporo-spatial dynamics the “common currency” of brain and mind? In Quest of “Spatiotemporal Neuroscience”
In conclusion, Spatiotemporal Neuroscience opens the door to investigate and ultimately reveal the brain's own temporo-spatial dynamics as the hitherto missing “common currency” of neuronal and mental features. (Source: Physics of Life Reviews)
Source: Physics of Life Reviews - May 24, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
Chimeras at the interface of physics and life sciences: Reply to comments on “Chimera states in neuronal networks: A review”
Publication date: Available online 22 May 2019Source: Physics of Life ReviewsAuthor(s): Soumen Majhi, Bidesh K. Bera, Dibakar Ghosh, Matjaž Perc (Source: Physics of Life Reviews)
Source: Physics of Life Reviews - May 24, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
The future of sensorimotor communication research: Reply to comments on “The body talks: Sensorimotor communication and its brain and kinematic signatures”
Publication date: Available online 22 May 2019Source: Physics of Life ReviewsAuthor(s): Giovanni Pezzulo, Francesco Donnarumma, Haris Dindo, Alessandro D'Ausilio, Ivana Konvalinka, Cristiano Castelfranchi (Source: Physics of Life Reviews)
Source: Physics of Life Reviews - May 24, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
Fastest among equals: A novel paradigm in biology: Reply to comments: Redundancy principle and the role of extreme statistics in molecular and cellular biology
Publication date: Available online 22 May 2019Source: Physics of Life ReviewsAuthor(s): K. Basnayake, D. Holcman (Source: Physics of Life Reviews)
Source: Physics of Life Reviews - May 24, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
Language as a source of abstract concepts: Comment on “Words as social tools: Language, sociality and inner grounding in abstract concepts” by Anna M. Borghi et al.
Publication date: Available online 13 May 2019Source: Physics of Life ReviewsAuthor(s): Gary Lupyan (Source: Physics of Life Reviews)
Source: Physics of Life Reviews - May 14, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
Rethinking the abstract/concrete concepts dichotomy: Comment on “Words as social tools: Language, sociality and inner grounding in abstract concepts” by Anna M. Borghi et al.
Publication date: Available online 30 April 2019Source: Physics of Life ReviewsAuthor(s): V. Cuccio, F. Caruana (Source: Physics of Life Reviews)
Source: Physics of Life Reviews - May 1, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
The Borsuk-Ulam theorem solves the curse of dimensionality: Comment on “the unreasonable effectiveness of small neural ensembles in high-dimensional brain” by Alexander N. Gorban et al.
Publication date: Available online 30 April 2019Source: Physics of Life ReviewsAuthor(s): Arturo Tozzi, James F. Peters (Source: Physics of Life Reviews)
Source: Physics of Life Reviews - May 1, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
The heresy of unheard-of simplicity: Comment on “The unreasonable effectiveness of small neural ensembles in high-dimensional brain” by A.N. Gorban, V.A. Makarov, and I.Y. Tyukin
Publication date: Available online 15 April 2019Source: Physics of Life ReviewsAuthor(s): Vladik Kreinovich (Source: Physics of Life Reviews)
Source: Physics of Life Reviews - April 16, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
Replication and Emergence in Cultural Transmission
Publication date: Available online 11 April 2019Source: Physics of Life ReviewsAuthor(s): Monica TamarizAbstractHumans are fundamentally defined by our socially transmitted, often long-lived, sophisticated cultural traits. The nature of cultural transmission is the subject of ongoing debate: while some emphasize that it is a biased, transformational process, others point out that high-fidelity transmission is required to explain the quintessentially cumulative nature of human culture. This paper integrates both views into a model that has two main components: First, actions – observable motor-behavioural patterns – are...
Source: Physics of Life Reviews - April 13, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
A hierarchical view of abstractness: Grounded, embodied, and situated aspects: Comment on “Words as social tools: Language, sociality and inner grounding in abstract concepts” by Anna M. Borghi et al.
Publication date: Available online 11 April 2019Source: Physics of Life ReviewsAuthor(s): Andriy Myachykov, Martin H. Fischer (Source: Physics of Life Reviews)
Source: Physics of Life Reviews - April 13, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research
