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 …

A celebrated and controversial hypothesis suggests that some biological systems—parts,
aspects, or groups of them—may extract important functional benefits from operating at the …

Epilepsy is a common disorder characterized by recurrent seizures. An overwhelming
majority of people with epilepsy regard the unpredictability of seizures as a major issue …

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 entropic brain hypothesis proposes that within upper and lower limits, after which
consciousness may be lost, the entropy of spontaneous brain activity indexes the …

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 …

Despite the absence of responsiveness during anesthesia, conscious experience may
persist. However, reliable, easily acquirable and interpretable neurophysiological markers of …

The neural criticality hypothesis states that the brain may be poised in a critical state at a
boundary between different types of dynamics. Theoretical and experimental studies show …

Research in cognitive neuroscience has extensively demonstrated that the temporal
dynamics of brain activity are associated with cognitive functioning. The temporal dynamics …

Understanding how brains process information is an incredibly difficult task. Amongst the
metrics characterising information processing in the brain, observations of dynamic near …