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View article: A Topological Data Analysis Method for Revealing Dynamic Changes in Psychotherapy Microprocesses
A Topological Data Analysis Method for Revealing Dynamic Changes in Psychotherapy Microprocesses Open
Understanding moment-to-moment therapeutic change is critical for advancing clinical science, yet existing tools rarely capture these dynamics. Dynamical systems theory offers a transtheoretical framework for modeling how therapeutic micro…
View article: Intuitive virtual reality based frontal-midline theta neurofeedback: a feasibility study in young ages
Intuitive virtual reality based frontal-midline theta neurofeedback: a feasibility study in young ages Open
Background Neurofeedback is a method to modulate neural activity, such as frontal-midline theta oscillations. Given the emerging role of pathologically disrupted neuronal oscillations in psychiatric disorders, neurofeedback has potential a…
View article: Intuitive virtual reality based frontal-midline theta neurofeedback: a feasibility study in young ages
Intuitive virtual reality based frontal-midline theta neurofeedback: a feasibility study in young ages Open
Background Neurofeedback is a method to modulate neural activity, such as frontal-midline theta oscillations. Given the emerging role of pathologically disrupted neuronal oscillations in psychiatric disorders, neurofeedback has potential a…
View article: Alpha transcranial alternating current stimulation reduces depressive symptoms in people with schizophrenia and auditory hallucinations: a double-blind, randomized pilot clinical trial
Alpha transcranial alternating current stimulation reduces depressive symptoms in people with schizophrenia and auditory hallucinations: a double-blind, randomized pilot clinical trial Open
View article: Mechanisms and Controversies of tACS (Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation)
Mechanisms and Controversies of tACS (Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation) Open
The use of small amplitude electric currents delivered through the scalp, termed transcranial current stimulation (tCS, tDCS / tACS when using DC / AC currents) holds considerable promise for developing safe and effective treatments for ce…
View article: Cell type-specific excitability probed by optogenetic stimulation depends on the phase of the alpha oscillation
Cell type-specific excitability probed by optogenetic stimulation depends on the phase of the alpha oscillation Open
View article: Closed-loop control of bistable symptom states
Closed-loop control of bistable symptom states Open
View article: Cross-attractor modeling of resting-state functional connectivity in psychiatric disorders
Cross-attractor modeling of resting-state functional connectivity in psychiatric disorders Open
View article: <strong>Metastability demystified — the foundational past, the pragmatic present, and the potential future</strong>
<strong>Metastability demystified — the foundational past, the pragmatic present, and the potential future</strong> Open
Healthy brain functioning depends on balancing stable integration between brain areas for effective coordinated functioning, with bursts of desynchronisation to allow subsystems to reconfigure and express functional specialisation. Metasta…
View article: Restoring coordination to systems of nonidentical oscillators through third party pacing
Restoring coordination to systems of nonidentical oscillators through third party pacing Open
The Haken-Kelso-Bunz (HKB) model describes bistable rhythmic coordination between biological systems, capturing a wide range of empirical phenomena in brain and behavioral dynamics. The model has recently been generalized to systems of man…
View article: Alpha transcranial alternating current stimulation reduces depressive symptoms in people with schizophrenia and auditory hallucinations: a double-blind, randomized pilot clinical trial
Alpha transcranial alternating current stimulation reduces depressive symptoms in people with schizophrenia and auditory hallucinations: a double-blind, randomized pilot clinical trial Open
People with schizophrenia exhibit reduced alpha oscillations and frontotemporal coordination of brain activity. Alpha oscillations are associated with top-down inhibition. Reduced alpha oscillations may fail to censor spurious endogenous a…
View article: Temporal Mapper: Transition networks in simulated and real neural dynamics
Temporal Mapper: Transition networks in simulated and real neural dynamics Open
Characterizing large-scale dynamic organization of the brain relies on both data-driven and mechanistic modeling, which demands a low versus high level of prior knowledge and assumptions about how constituents of the brain interact. Howeve…
View article: Cross-attractor modeling of resting-state functional connectivity in psychiatric disorders
Cross-attractor modeling of resting-state functional connectivity in psychiatric disorders Open
Resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) is altered across various psychiatric disorders. Brain network modeling (BNM) has the potential to reveal the neurobiological underpinnings of such abnormalities by dynamically modeling the stru…
View article: Temporal Mapper: transition networks in simulated and real neural dynamics
Temporal Mapper: transition networks in simulated and real neural dynamics Open
Characterizing large-scale dynamic organization of the brain relies on both data-driven and mechanistic modeling, which demands a low vs. high level of prior knowledge and assumptions about how constituents of the brain interact. However, …
View article: Cross-attractor repertoire provides new perspective on structure-function relationship in the brain
Cross-attractor repertoire provides new perspective on structure-function relationship in the brain Open
View article: Cell type-specific excitability probed by optogenetic stimulation depends on the phase of the alpha oscillation
Cell type-specific excitability probed by optogenetic stimulation depends on the phase of the alpha oscillation Open
View article: Closed-loop control of bistable symptom states
Closed-loop control of bistable symptom states Open
View article: Third party stabilization of unstable coordination in systems of coupled oscillators
Third party stabilization of unstable coordination in systems of coupled oscillators Open
The Haken-Kelso-Bunz (HKB) system of equations is a well-developed model for dyadic rhythmic coordination in biological systems. It captures ubiquitous empirical observations of bistability – the coexistence of in-phase and antiphase motio…
View article: Massage for simple obesity
Massage for simple obesity Open
Background: Obesity has become the most serious public health problem in developed and developing countries, and simple obesity accounts for approximately 95% of the total cases. This study aims to assess the effects and safety of massage …
View article: Coordination Dynamics: A Foundation for Understanding Social Behavior
Coordination Dynamics: A Foundation for Understanding Social Behavior Open
Humans' interactions with each other or with socially competent machines exhibit lawful coordination patterns at multiple levels of description. According to Coordination Dynamics, such laws specify the flow of coordination states produced…
View article: Cross-attractor repertoire provides new perspective on structure-function relationship in the brain
Cross-attractor repertoire provides new perspective on structure-function relationship in the brain Open
The brain is a complex system exhibiting ever-evolving activity patterns without any external inputs or tasks. Such intrinsic dynamics (or lack thereof) are thought to play crucial roles in typical as well as atypical cognitive functioning…
View article: Topological portraits of multiscale coordination dynamics
Topological portraits of multiscale coordination dynamics Open
View article: Connecting empirical phenomena and theoretical models of biological coordination across scales
Connecting empirical phenomena and theoretical models of biological coordination across scales Open
Coordination in living systems—from cells to people—must be understood at multiple levels of description. Analyses and modelling of empirically observed patterns of biological coordination often focus either on ensemble-level statistics in…
View article: Supplementary material from "Connecting empirical phenomena and theoretical models of biological coordination across scales"
Supplementary material from "Connecting empirical phenomena and theoretical models of biological coordination across scales" Open
Coordination in living systems—from cells to people—must be understood at multiple levels of description. Analyses and modelling of empirically observed patterns of biological coordination often focus either on ensemble-level statistics in…
View article: Critical diversity: Divided or united states of social coordination
Critical diversity: Divided or united states of social coordination Open
Much of our knowledge of coordination comes from studies of simple, dyadic systems or systems containing large numbers of components. The huge gap 'in between' is seldom addressed, empirically or theoretically. We introduce a new paradigm …
View article: Enhanced emotional responses during social coordination with a virtual partner
Enhanced emotional responses during social coordination with a virtual partner Open