Physics of Life Reviews

Papers
(The TQCC of Physics of Life Reviews is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board301
Towards the utilization of LLMs for misinformation modeling and detection132
Particular flows and attracting sets111
Social timing: More than combinatorial probabilities?96
Coordinating actions as active agents in a dynamic musical environment: Comment on “Musical engagement as a duet of tight synchrony and loose interpretability” by Tal-Chen Rabinowitch89
Language as a means to reduce uncertainty89
A look forward to further developments: Building bridges between mathematics and economics in a multiscale fashion71
Mind-body transactions as informational operators: Comment on “Informational embodiment: Computational role of information structure in codes and robots” by A. Pitti, M. Austin, K. Nakajima, and Y. Ku70
Bodily rhythms and the Brain: Critical links to cognition in health and disease. Comment on ‘A body-brain (dis)equilibrium regulating transitions from health to pathology’ by Antonio Criscuolo, Anna C68
Editorial Board67
Putting the framework to work: Comment on “a systematic framework of creative metacognition” by Lebuda & Benedek57
Going deeper into the feelings in creative metacognition: Comment on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition” by I. Lebuda & M. Benedek55
Rotating waves and multistability in locomotion models54
From physics to sentience: Deciphering the semantics of the free-energy principle and evaluating its claims51
From pre-stimulus activity to the contents of consciousness – A spatiotemporal view: Reply to comments on “Beyond task response-Pre-stimulus activity modulates contents of consciousness”50
Brain paradox – Timescales matter! Comment on “The paradox of the self-studying brain” by S.Battaglia, P. Servajean & K. Friston46
On implementation of nonlocal terms in models in ecology and evolution. Comment on ‘Nonlocal models in biology and life sciences: Sources, developments, and applications’ by S. Pal & R. Melnick41
Another brick in the wall? Comment on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition” by I. Lebuda & M. Benedek39
Editorial Board39
Photobiomodulation effects on cancer cells through modifications of their bioelectric properties39
Toward embodied and action-oriented studies and models of peripersonal space: Comment on “Computational models of peripersonal space representations” by Bertoni et al.34
“Homo informatio”33
Exploring the potential of kinematic coding in sports science: Implications for athletic action anticipation: Comment on “Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour” by Cristina31
Advances in pulsed electric stimuli as a physical method for treating liquid foods30
Patterns of neuronal synchrony in higher-order networks30
Commentary on “ ‘Snakes and ladders’ in paleoanthropology: From cognitive surprise to skillfulness a million years ago”29
Reevaluating thalamic contributions to pain: A translational framework for precision neuromodulation25
To comment or not to comment, that is the question!25
The structure of biological complexity: Comment on “Networks behind the morphology and structural design of living systems” by Gosak et al.24
Multiscale and multi-physical problems23
Neuromuscular invariants in action execution and perception23
The vigor law as a kinematic invariant at work in perceptual-cognitive processes23
The spontaneous brain activity as a possible common ground between different theoretical frameworks. Comment on “Beyond task response—Pre-stimulus activity modulates contents of consciousness” by G. N22
Integrating large language models and active inference to understand eye movements in reading and dyslexia22
From local match/mismatch signals to updating of task-relevant beliefs: The temporo-parietal junction and its embedment in cortical networks22
A systematic framework of creative metacognition21
The role mathematics can play in physics of life20
Editorial Board20
When patterns come to life20
Adding a mental health perspective on social timing19
Transversal aromaticity: Tryptophan as a bridge between molecular patterns and consciousness explained19
Beyond task-based connectivity in fMRI: Reply to comments on “Connectivity analyses for task-based fMRI” by Shenyang Huang, Felipe De Brigard, Roberto Cabeza, Simon W. Davis18
Time in peripersonal space. Comment on "computational models of peripersonal space representation" by Tommaso Bertoni, Ishan-Singh J. Chauhan, Jean-Paul Noel, Andrea Serino18
Why the memory palace is mightier than the memory pharmacy18
What are the psychic forces present within a psychopathological state? Comment on “Nature heals: An informational entropy account of self-organization and change in field psychotherapy” by Pietro Sara18
Surfing brain waves without sinking17
Physics-based character animation and human motor control15
Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour15
A system sciences approach to consonance/dissonance: From biological constraints to cultural differences15
The second law of thermodynamics, life and Earth‘s planetary machinery revisited15
The major-minor mode dichotomy in music perception14
The devil is in the method details. Comment on ‘Visual mental imagery: Evidence for a heterarchical neural architecture’ by Spagna et al.14
Impacts of climate change on vegetation pattern: Mathematical modeling and data analysis13
A natural experiment to understand genetic influences on brain structures. Comment on “Heritability of white matter in twins: A diffusion neuroimaging review” by Giovanni Videtta, Chiara Colli, Letizi13
Affect and human functioning: Comment on the affective grounds of the mind: The Affective Pertinientization (APER) model by S. Salvatore, A. Palmieri, R. De Luca Picione, V. Bochnicchio, M. Reho, M. R12
GLMY Homology Theory Meets idopNetwork: Dissecting Soil Microbiota Resilience Under Forest Thinning and Climate Change: Comment on “Topological change of soil microbiota networks for forest resilience11
Social timing as an active, multisensory, and embodied process. A commentary on “The evolution of social timing” by Verga, Kotz and Ravignani10
A contribution to understanding the application of Pulsed Electric Fields in liquid food processing10
Is sharing always caring? Entropy, boundaries and the plurality of psychotherapeutic process: Comment on “Nature heals: An informational entropy account of self-organization and change in field psycho10
From multi-scale to non-local models10
Visual context drives uncertainty-reduction and novelty-seeking exploration during action understanding9
Determinism of formamide-based biogenic prebiotic reactions9
The too many facets of motor output variability. Comment on “From neural noise to co-adaptability: Rethinking the multifaceted architecture of motor variability” by Casartelli, L., Maronati, C., &9
How many more uses of bricks can we generate? How knowledge is somewhat neglected in a model full of knowledge9
Addressing misconceptions on Latent Solution tests9
From a mathematical science of living systems to biology and economics9
Bridging nonlinear dynamics and physiology: Implications for CPGs and biomimetic robotics. Reply to comments on “Control of movement of underwater swimmers: Animals, simulated animates and swimming ro9
Editorial Board9
Preliminaries to artificial consciousness: A multidimensional heuristic approach8
Decoding higher-order tumor-microenvironment interactions via an innovative computational framework: Comment on “High-order interaction modeling of tumor-microenvironment crosstalk for tumor growth” b8
A brigde toward mathematics theory in living systems: the thermostatted kinetic theory method for crowd dynamics8
Control of movement of underwater swimmers: Animals, simulated animates and swimming robots8
Why Paleolithic Rockstars were both enigmatic and sporadic: A comment on: ‘Snakes and Ladders’ in paleoanthropology: From cognitive surprise to skillfulness a million years ago8
Beyond valence: A predictive coding framework for major–minor mode perception and its therapeutic implications: Comment on “The major–minor mode dichotomy in music perception” by Carraturo et al.8
From Parrondo's paradox to collective intelligence8
Comment on “Physics-based character animation and human motor control” by J. Llobera & C. Charbonnier8
Knowledge clustering and the acquisition of creative expertise7
Particularly average7
The hare and the honey: Health care as transformative learning7
Creative metacognition and its relation to the conceptualization, assessment, and nurture of creativity: Comment on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition” by I. Lebuda & M. Benedek7
From static catalogs to dynamic regulation: Comment on “Unlocking the brain's code: The crucial role of post-translational modifications in neurodevelopment and neurological function” by Peng Ye et al7
Species extinction in different time scales7
Distinguishing nature and nurture in understanding the sadness of the minor mode: Comment on “The major-minor mode dichotomy in music perception” by Giulio Carraturo, Victor Pando-Naude, Marco Costa, 7
Breaking Archaeology's glass ceiling in technological innovation. Comment on “Snakes and ladders in Paleoanthropology: From cognitive surprise to skillfulness a million years ago” by H.M. Manrique, K.6
A meta-perspective on the creative metacognition framework. Reply to comments on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition”6
Computational models of peripersonal space representation6
Comment on “Viscoelastic mechanics of living cells” by Hui Zhou, Ruye Liu, Yizhou Xu, Jierui Fan, Xinyue Liu, Longquan Chen, Qiang Wei6
Persons and their affective experiences. Comment on “The affective grounds of the mind. The affective pertinentization (APER) model” by salvatore et al.6
Balancing objects and processes: advocating pluralism in biology: Comment on “Thoughts and thinkers: On the complementarity between objects and processes" by Chris Fields and Michael Levin6
Bioelectrics for healthy and food-secure lives: Reply to comments on “Advances in pulsed electric stimuli as a physical method for treating liquid foods”6
Focusing on relevant data and correcting misconceptions reaffirms the ape ZLS6
From adaptive networks to expanding state spaces: Comment on “Beyond networks: Toward adaptive models of biological complexity” by Pessoa6
Possible contribution to data-driven primate research: Comment on “Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour” by Becchio, Pullar, Scaliti, and Panzeri6
Perception and response of skeleton to mechanical stress6
Heritability of white matter in twins: A diffusion neuroimaging review6
The fine-grained temporal dynamics of social timing: a window into sociality of embodied social agents. Comment on “The evolution of social timing” by L. Verga, S. A. Kotz, & A. Ravignani6
Motor invariants in action execution and perception6
Beyond simple laboratory studies, toward interactive methods5
Yes, And5
High-order interaction modeling of tumor-microenvironment crosstalk for tumor growth5
Non-invariants may be used for socially-relevant perceptual decisions5
Advancements in non-invasive microwave brain stimulation5
Potential of electric field in liquid foods processing Comment on “Advances in pulsed electric stimuli as a physical method for treating liquid foods” by F. Zare, N. Ghasemi, N. Bansal & H. Hosano5
Leveraging large language models for complex systems analysis: Opportunities, challenges, and future directions: Comment on “LLMs and generative agent-based models for complex systems research” by Y. 5
Prognostic potential of reading art in brain damage and the possible contribution of non-invasive brain stimulation5
The music we march to: Beyond beat, floating intentionality and improvisation5
Aromatic patterns: Tryptophan aromaticity as a catalyst for the emergence of life and rise of consciousness5
Consonance and dissonance perception. A critical review of the historical sources, multidisciplinary findings, and main hypotheses4
Languages are Cultural Artifacts and Align with Cultural Evolution: Comment on “Language follows a distinct mode of extra-genomic evolution” by Balthasar Bickel, Anne-Lise Giraud, Klaus Zuberbühler, C4
Revolutionizing dynamic microbiome network analysis via idopNetworks: Comment on “Topological change of soil microbiota networks for forest resilience under global warming” by Gong et al.4
Motor variability in task-space and body-space4
Chrono-mechanobiology: The complex interactions between mechanotransduction and circadian rhythms in the intervertebral disc and articular cartilage, in health and disease4
Ant colony optimization: A bibliometric review4
I gotta feeling: Beyond major and minor dichotomy in music emotions. Comment on “The major-minor mode dichotomy in music perception” by Giulio Carraturo, Victor Pando-Naude, Marco Costa, Peter Vuust, 4
Information, computation, and causality in living systems4
Measures, constructs, and constructing measurement: Reply to comments on “Can we really ‘read’ art to see the changing brain?”4
Neural decoding reliability: Breakthroughs and potential of brain–computer interfaces technologies in the treatment of neurological diseases4
Building bidirectional, signed, and weighted interaction network among microbes4
From neural noise to co-adaptability: Rethinking the multifaceted architecture of motor variability4
Classification of particles with respect to active inference properties as a path towards formalizing agency Comment on “Path integrals, particular kinds, and strange things” by K. Friston, L. Da Cost4
Beyond stimulus-centric, dualist and modular theories of cognitive control: fact or fiction? Comment on “Active inference and cognitive control: Balancing deliberation and habits through precision opt4
Multiple applications of pulsed electric fields are game changer in food industry and biomedicine3
More than one effect in every affect3
Prestimulus alpha phase, not only power, modulates conscious perception. Comment on “Beyond task response—Pre-stimulus activity modulates contents of consciousness” by G. Northoff, F. Zilio & J. Z3
What scholarship on social timing and autism can learn from each other: A Comment on “The evolution of social timing” by Laura Verga, Sonja A. Kotz, and Andrea Ravignani3
Beyond task response - A key to the subjective aspects of consciousness3
Current creative potential or generalization to the natural environment? Brief comments on the featured article3
WITHDRAWN: Bridging neurodegenerative diseases and artistic expressivity: The significance of testable models and causal inference3
The circuit of cognition: Operational closure and the interpenetration of views. Comment on “The affective grounds of the mind. The affective pertinentization (APER) model” by Salvatore et al.3
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 Nadal3
Untenable propositions and alternative avenues.3
From the free energy principle to a confederation of Bayesian mechanics3
The path forward for modeling action-oriented cognition as active inference3
Listening to dissonant and atonal music induces psychological tension and anxiety3
Towards a better understanding of structural-functional relationships in the forest soil microbiota. Reply to comments on “Topological change of soil microbiota networks for forest resilience under gl3
Language follows a distinct mode of extra-genomic evolution3
The emotional connotations of major and minor: The role of harmonicity and pitch height: Comment on “The Major-Minor Mode Dichotomy in Music Perception” by Carraturo et al3
Untangling the structure and function of complex neuronal networks3
Weighting and integrating heterogeneous behavioral cues comment on ‘kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour’3
Simulating social dynamics with artificial intelligence3
Homo erectus’ slowly broadening Zone of Bounded Surprisals opened the way to technological culture2
Trick or treat2
Creative metacognition in the problem construction process comment on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition” by I. Lebuda & M. Benedek2
An exciting path ahead2
Language is a unique form of communication that transformed human evolution but how unique is linguistic evolution?: Comment on “Language follows a distinct mode of extra-genomic evolution” by B. Bick2
“ABMs are dead, long live G-ABMs!”, or a roadmap for opinion dynamics studies2
Simple rules for simple models2
Data-driven mathematical modeling approaches for COVID-19: A survey2
No sound evidence supports the notion that we can “read” art2
The body is not there to compute2
Editorial Board2
Cognitive control under active inference: from habits to metacognition. Comment on "Active inference and cognitive control: Balancing deliberation and habits through precision optimization” by Riccard2
The riddle of TPJ function in language processing2
A biophysicist’s guide to translocation of double-stranded nucleic acids through solid-state nanopores2
Snakes and ladders in the evolution of language2
Some additional pieces in the jigsaw puzzle of innovation and technological culture2
Does the free energy principle sleep on it?2
Creative cures or wishful thinking? The case for rigor in arts-based interventions: Comment on “Can arts-based interventions improve health? A conceptual and methodological critique” by Martin Skov an2
Contextualizing kinematic coding in naturalistic scenarios: Comment on “Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour” by Becchio, Pullar, Scaliti, and Panzeri2
Multilayer coupled mechanism2
At the crossroad of the search for spontaneous radiation and the Orch OR consciousness theory2
Cultural evolution in the science of culture and cultural evolution2
Electrical properties of cancer cells: A next generation biophysical therapeutic target2
Towards data-driven, next-generation understanding of network physiology2
Bridging neurodegenerative diseases and artistic expressivity: The significance of testable models and causal inference2
Data-rich modeling helps answer increasingly complex questions on variant and disease interactions2
Living on the edge – practical information geometry for studying the emergence and propagation of life forms2
Mapping and measuring the Mind's Eye - Comment on visual mental imagery: Evidence for a heterarchical neural architecture by Spagna et al.2
Less is more: Strangeness affords flexibility – A commentary on “Path integrals, particular kinds, and strange things” by Friston, Da Costa, Sakthivadivel, Heins, Pavliotis, Ramstead, and Parr2
Fundamental constraints shaping intrinsic brain activity: Comment on “Dark brain energy: Toward an integrative model of spontaneous slow oscillations” by Zhu-Qing Gong and Xi-Nian Zuo2
Goldstein's ‘catastrophic reactions’ reinterpreted as neuroaesthetic ‘signatures’2
Visual sensitivity to biological motion invariants in humans at birth2
Reaction-diffusion waves in biology: new trends, recent developments2
The spatiotemporal structure of neural activities shapes cognitive functions: Comment on “brain dynamics shape cognition–spatiotemporal neuroscience” by Georg Northoff, Angelika Wolman, and Jianfeng Z2
Networked collective dynamics in animal ecology and cell biology2
Connectivity analyses for task-based fMRI2
Mnemonics, optimization, and leveraging what we already have: Comment on “To enhance or not to enhance: A debate about cognitive enhancement from a psychological and neuroscientific perspective” by Gr2
The toughness, elasticity, color, and consistency of cooperation2
The complexity of oscillation phase: Comment on “Entrainment by transcranial alternating current stimulation: Insight from models of cortical oscillations and dynamical systems theory” by M. Madadi As2
Quantifying tightness - Looseness of interactions with dynamical systems methods. A Comment on “Musical engagement as a duet of tight synchrony and loose interpretability” by T. C. Rabinowitch2
Matches, mismatches, and the experience of supernumerary body parts2
All quantum systems are strange2
A kinetic theory approach for modeling Alzheimer's disease: Insights and challenges2
Brain dynamics shape cognition–Spatiotemporal Neuroscience2
How can we relax the cost of reward and punishment?2
The importance of tradeoffs in neural and motor variability2
Are neurodegenerative disorders causing characteristic changes in visual artwork?2
Physical reasoning is the missing link between action goals and kinematics2
Language: A special cognitive gadget: Comment on “Language follows a distinct mode of extra-genomic evolution” by Balthasar Bickel, Anne-Lise Giraud, Klaus Zuberb..hler, Carel P. van Schaik2
The neural correlates of consciousness studies and the mystery of the human mind-a commentary on "Beyond task response - Pre-stimulus activity modulates contents of consciousness" by G. Northoff, F. Z2
Implications of cell's electrical properties for standard of care in glioblastoma therapy2
Editorial Board2
Meta-control and navigating creative trade-offs: Comment on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition” by Lebuda and Benedek2
Comment on " Protein post-translational modifications and tumor immunity: A pan-cancer perspective"2
Language Extinction and Diversification: The Two Sides of the Same Coin2
A new approach to quantify information in real-life, complex neuroscience processes. Comment on “Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behavior” by Becchio, Pullar, Scaliti and Panze2
On the right way to crack nuts and farm fruit2
Can a mathematical model of mass extinctions do without environmental noise?2
COVID-19 epidemic: From data to mathematical models2
White matter, and why twin resemblance can still matter2
The many faces of action2
Inner speech is not a simulation of language but an act of speaking: Comment on “The Sound of Thought: Form Matters – The Prosody of Inner Speech” by Hamutal Kreiner, Zohar Eviatar2
Changes in style as a diagnostic medical tool or a way to study creativity in art?2
Can we “read” art…at all? A psychometric perspective on the possibility of measuring artwork attributes2
Biological models with nonlocal terms: Future scopes of research: Comment on “Nonlocal models in biology and life sciences: Sources, developments, and applications” by S. Pal & R. Melnick2
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