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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board280
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. Ku119
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 C113
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”103
Going deeper into the feelings in creative metacognition: Comment on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition” by I. Lebuda & M. Benedek88
Towards the utilization of LLMs for misinformation modeling and detection84
Particular flows and attracting sets74
Social timing: More than combinatorial probabilities?65
Language as a means to reduce uncertainty63
Putting the framework to work: Comment on “a systematic framework of creative metacognition” by Lebuda & Benedek53
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 Rabinowitch51
A look forward to further developments: Building bridges between mathematics and economics in a multiscale fashion51
Rotating waves and multistability in locomotion models49
From physics to sentience: Deciphering the semantics of the free-energy principle and evaluating its claims48
Brain paradox – Timescales matter! Comment on “The paradox of the self-studying brain” by S.Battaglia, P. Servajean & K. Friston41
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. Melnick38
Toward embodied and action-oriented studies and models of peripersonal space: Comment on “Computational models of peripersonal space representations” by Bertoni et al.38
Exploring the potential of kinematic coding in sports science: Implications for athletic action anticipation: Comment on “Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour” by Cristina38
Another brick in the wall? Comment on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition” by I. Lebuda & M. Benedek36
Advances in pulsed electric stimuli as a physical method for treating liquid foods34
Editorial Board31
Photobiomodulation effects on cancer cells through modifications of their bioelectric properties30
“Homo informatio”29
Networks behind the morphology and structural design of living systems29
Patterns of neuronal synchrony in higher-order networks28
Commentary on “ ‘Snakes and ladders’ in paleoanthropology: From cognitive surprise to skillfulness a million years ago”27
Reevaluating thalamic contributions to pain: A translational framework for precision neuromodulation27
The structure of biological complexity: Comment on “Networks behind the morphology and structural design of living systems” by Gosak et al.24
To comment or not to comment, that is the question!24
Neuromuscular invariants in action execution and perception21
The vigor law as a kinematic invariant at work in perceptual-cognitive processes21
From local match/mismatch signals to updating of task-relevant beliefs: The temporo-parietal junction and its embedment in cortical networks21
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. N20
Multiscale and multi-physical problems20
Integrating large language models and active inference to understand eye movements in reading and dyslexia19
A systematic framework of creative metacognition19
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
Editorial Board18
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
Adding a mental health perspective on social timing17
Transversal aromaticity: Tryptophan as a bridge between molecular patterns and consciousness explained17
A system sciences approach to consonance/dissonance: From biological constraints to cultural differences17
The role mathematics can play in physics of life17
When patterns come to life16
Physics-based character animation and human motor control15
The devil is in the method details. Comment on ‘Visual mental imagery: Evidence for a heterarchical neural architecture’ by Spagna et al.15
Surfing brain waves without sinking15
Time in peripersonal space. Comment on "computational models of peripersonal space representation" by Tommaso Bertoni, Ishan-Singh J. Chauhan, Jean-Paul Noel, Andrea Serino15
Why the memory palace is mightier than the memory pharmacy14
The second law of thermodynamics, life and Earth‘s planetary machinery revisited13
Impacts of climate change on vegetation pattern: Mathematical modeling and data analysis12
The major-minor mode dichotomy in music perception12
Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour12
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, Letizi11
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. R10
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
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 resilience10
From a mathematical science of living systems to biology and economics9
How many more uses of bricks can we generate? How knowledge is somewhat neglected in a model full of knowledge9
Visual context drives uncertainty-reduction and novelty-seeking exploration during action understanding9
Addressing misconceptions on Latent Solution tests9
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., &8
From multi-scale to non-local models8
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 ro8
A contribution to understanding the application of Pulsed Electric Fields in liquid food processing8
Determinism of formamide-based biogenic prebiotic reactions8
Editorial Board8
Control of movement of underwater swimmers: Animals, simulated animates and swimming robots8
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
The hare and the honey: Health care as transformative learning7
From Parrondo's paradox to collective intelligence7
Preliminaries to artificial consciousness: A multidimensional heuristic approach7
Knowledge clustering and the acquisition of creative expertise7
Species extinction in different time scales7
Social timing as an active, multisensory, and embodied process. A commentary on “The evolution of social timing” by Verga, Kotz and Ravignani7
Comment on “Physics-based character animation and human motor control” by J. Llobera & C. Charbonnier7
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
Particularly average7
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
Motor invariants in action execution and perception6
Focusing on relevant data and correcting misconceptions reaffirms the ape ZLS6
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.6
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
Decoding higher-order tumor-microenvironment interactions via an innovative computational framework: Comment on “High-order interaction modeling of tumor-microenvironment crosstalk for tumor growth” b6
Computational models of peripersonal space representation6
A brigde toward mathematics theory in living systems: the thermostatted kinetic theory method for crowd dynamics6
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, 6
A meta-perspective on the creative metacognition framework. Reply to comments on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition”6
Why Paleolithic Rockstars were both enigmatic and sporadic: A comment on: ‘Snakes and Ladders’ in paleoanthropology: From cognitive surprise to skillfulness a million years ago6
Comment on “Viscoelastic mechanics of living cells” by Hui Zhou, Ruye Liu, Yizhou Xu, Jierui Fan, Xinyue Liu, Longquan Chen, Qiang Wei5
Perception and response of skeleton to mechanical stress5
Persons and their affective experiences. Comment on “The affective grounds of the mind. The affective pertinentization (APER) model” by salvatore et al.5
Possible contribution to data-driven primate research: Comment on “Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour” by Becchio, Pullar, Scaliti, and Panzeri5
From adaptive networks to expanding state spaces: Comment on “Beyond networks: Toward adaptive models of biological complexity” by Pessoa5
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.5
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 Levin5
Non-invariants may be used for socially-relevant perceptual decisions4
Advancements in non-invasive microwave brain stimulation4
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. Hosano4
High-order interaction modeling of tumor-microenvironment crosstalk for tumor growth4
Neural decoding reliability: Breakthroughs and potential of brain–computer interfaces technologies in the treatment of neurological diseases4
Prognostic potential of reading art in brain damage and the possible contribution of non-invasive brain stimulation4
Yes, And4
From neural noise to co-adaptability: Rethinking the multifaceted architecture of motor variability4
Heritability of white matter in twins: A diffusion neuroimaging review4
Ant colony optimization: A bibliometric review4
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. 4
Beyond simple laboratory studies, toward interactive methods4
The music we march to: Beyond beat, floating intentionality and improvisation4
Aromatic patterns: Tryptophan aromaticity as a catalyst for the emergence of life and rise of consciousness4
Consonance and dissonance perception. A critical review of the historical sources, multidisciplinary findings, and main hypotheses4
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.3
Motor variability in task-space and body-space3
Multiple applications of pulsed electric fields are game changer in food industry and biomedicine3
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
Beyond task response - A key to the subjective aspects of consciousness3
Building bidirectional, signed, and weighted interaction network among microbes3
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 opt3
Listening to dissonant and atonal music induces psychological tension and anxiety3
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
More than one effect in every affect3
Simulating social dynamics with artificial intelligence3
Measures, constructs, and constructing measurement: Reply to comments on “Can we really ‘read’ art to see the changing brain?”3
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, C3
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
Information, computation, and causality in living systems3
WITHDRAWN: Bridging neurodegenerative diseases and artistic expressivity: The significance of testable models and causal inference3
Language follows a distinct mode of extra-genomic evolution3
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
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 Cost3
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, 3
Data-driven mathematical modeling approaches for COVID-19: A survey2
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 many faces of action2
White matter, and why twin resemblance can still matter2
COVID-19 epidemic: From data to mathematical models2
Snakes and ladders in the evolution of language2
Multilayer coupled mechanism2
Can a mathematical model of mass extinctions do without environmental noise?2
All quantum systems are strange2
Editorial Board2
From the free energy principle to a confederation of Bayesian mechanics2
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
Simple rules for simple models2
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
Comment on " Protein post-translational modifications and tumor immunity: A pan-cancer perspective"2
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
The riddle of TPJ function in language processing2
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 al2
Mapping and measuring the Mind's Eye - Comment on visual mental imagery: Evidence for a heterarchical neural architecture by Spagna et al.2
Visual sensitivity to biological motion invariants in humans at birth2
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
Meta-control and navigating creative trade-offs: Comment on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition” by Lebuda and Benedek2
A kinetic theory approach for modeling Alzheimer's disease: Insights and challenges2
Electrical properties of cancer cells: A next generation biophysical therapeutic target2
Living on the edge – practical information geometry for studying the emergence and propagation of life forms2
Reaction-diffusion waves in biology: new trends, recent developments2
Can we “read” art…at all? A psychometric perspective on the possibility of measuring artwork attributes2
No sound evidence supports the notion that we can “read” art2
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 Ravignani2
Implications of cell's electrical properties for standard of care in glioblastoma therapy2
Contextualizing kinematic coding in naturalistic scenarios: Comment on “Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour” by Becchio, Pullar, Scaliti, and Panzeri2
Untangling the structure and function of complex neuronal networks2
Physical reasoning is the missing link between action goals and kinematics2
The path forward for modeling action-oriented cognition as active inference2
Brain dynamics shape cognition–Spatiotemporal Neuroscience2
Matches, mismatches, and the experience of supernumerary body parts2
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
Connectivity analyses for task-based fMRI2
Editorial Board2
The importance of tradeoffs in neural and motor variability2
The body is not there to compute2
On the right way to crack nuts and farm fruit2
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
Some additional pieces in the jigsaw puzzle of innovation and technological culture2
The toughness, elasticity, color, and consistency of cooperation2
Creative metacognition in the problem construction process comment on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition” by I. Lebuda & M. Benedek2
Goldstein's ‘catastrophic reactions’ reinterpreted as neuroaesthetic ‘signatures’2
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
Changes in style as a diagnostic medical tool or a way to study creativity in art?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
Untenable propositions and alternative avenues.2
Bridging neurodegenerative diseases and artistic expressivity: The significance of testable models and causal inference2
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
Current creative potential or generalization to the natural environment? Brief comments on the featured article2
Does the free energy principle sleep on it?2
Weighting and integrating heterogeneous behavioral cues comment on ‘kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour’2
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 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
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
Homo erectus’ slowly broadening Zone of Bounded Surprisals opened the way to technological culture2
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