Physics of Life ReviewsPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-06-23DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2025.06.003
Claire Howlin
{"title":"There is more to arts and health than neural mechanisms: A Critique of Evidence Dismissal in Arts and Health: Comment on “Can arts-based interventions improve health? A conceptual and methodological critique” by Martin Skov, Marcos Nadal","authors":"Claire Howlin","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.06.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 89-91"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144535778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics of Life ReviewsPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-07-11DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.009
Georg Northoff , Angelika Wolman , Jianfeng Zhang
{"title":"Brain dynamics shape cognition–Spatiotemporal Neuroscience","authors":"Georg Northoff , Angelika Wolman , Jianfeng Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Current neuroscience faces a divide between cognitive function and neural dynamics. Cognitive function is typically studied during task-related activity, while neural dynamics are a key feature of the brain’s spontaneous activity, as measured in the resting state. How are dynamics and cognition connected? Although neural dynamics themselves are well understood, their relationship to—and influence on—cognitive functions remain yet unclear. Addressing this gap is the goal of our paper. For that purpose, we first review recent findings on how dynamic features like neural variability and intrinsic neural timescales (INT) shape various cognitive functions. We then expand our view beyond task-specific foreground activity to the deeper background layers of the brain’s neural activity—its task-unspecific and spontaneous activity. This leads us to propose a Dynamic Layer Model of the Brain (DLB). Drawing on empirical and computational evidence, we demonstrate how neural variability, INT, and other dynamic features (such as scale-free dynamics) connect these three layers of neural activity. Next, we show how these three layers from spontaneous over task-unspecific to task-specific activity mediate four temporal mechanisms through which brain dynamics shape cognition: these range from temporal encoding and integration of input dynamics to temporal scaffolding and segmentation of cognitive output. We conclude that the brain’s neural dynamics operate in the background, shaping the cognitive functions and their contents in the neural foreground in a temporal-dynamic manner. This perspective is at the core of Spatiotemporal Neuroscience, which provides a wider framework than Cognitive Neuroscience by revealing how the brain’s intrinsic dynamics shape our cognition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 173-201"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144713453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics of Life ReviewsPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-06-23DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2025.06.004
Bettina C. Schwab
{"title":"The right model for the right question: Comment on “Entrainment by transcranial alternating current stimulation: Insight from models of cortical oscillations and dynamical systems theory” by M. Madabi Asl and A. Valizadeh","authors":"Bettina C. Schwab","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.06.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 87-88"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144489781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics of Life ReviewsPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-05-19DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2025.05.005
Mario di Bernardo
{"title":"Comment on “Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behavior” by Cristina Becchio, Kiri Pullar, Eugenio Scaliti, Stefano Panzeri","authors":"Mario di Bernardo","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.05.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.05.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 5-7"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144098477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics of Life ReviewsPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-08-05DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.020
Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells , Jennifer Grau-Sánchez , Clément François
{"title":"Against a “Lego perspective” on art and health interventions: comment on “Can arts-based interventions improve health? A conceptual and methodological critique” by Martin Skov & Marcos Nadal","authors":"Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells , Jennifer Grau-Sánchez , Clément François","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 218-220"},"PeriodicalIF":14.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144809953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics of Life ReviewsPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-05-09DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2025.05.001
Nicola Di Stefano , Andrea Ravignani
{"title":"Testing hypotheses on the major/minor dichotomy: movement, consonance/dissonance, and (the lack of) cross-species evidence. Comment on “The Major-Minor Mode Dichotomy in Music Perception” by Giulio Carraturo, Victor Pando-Naude, Marco Costa, Peter Vuust, Leonardo Bonetti, Elvira Brattico","authors":"Nicola Di Stefano , Andrea Ravignani","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143936932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics of Life ReviewsPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-06-02DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2025.05.011
Francisco A. Rodrigues , Paula Giovanna Rodrigues
{"title":"Simulating social dynamics with artificial intelligence","authors":"Francisco A. Rodrigues , Paula Giovanna Rodrigues","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.05.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.05.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 78-79"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144213402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics of Life ReviewsPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-07-30DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.023
Edward A. Vessel
{"title":"To punch down or to build up: Comment on “Can arts-based interventions improve health? A conceptual and methodological critique “ by Skov & Nadal","authors":"Edward A. Vessel","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 207-210"},"PeriodicalIF":14.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144768182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics of Life ReviewsPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-08-08DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2025.08.003
Xiu-Xia Xing
{"title":"Fostering mathematical models of slow spontaneous oscillations in the human brain: Comment on “dark brain energy: toward an integrative model of spontaneous slow oscillations” by Zhu-Qing Gong and Xi-Nian Zuo","authors":"Xiu-Xia Xing","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.08.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 221-224"},"PeriodicalIF":14.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144827332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics of Life ReviewsPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-07-15DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.018
Junhao Liang , Changsong Zhou
{"title":"Build the neural dynamic model: Comment on “Dark brain energy: Toward an integrative model of spontaneous slow oscillations” by Zhu-Qing Gong and Xi-Nian Zuo","authors":"Junhao Liang , Changsong Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 155-157"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144654684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}