Physics of Life Reviews

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	286
Towards the utilization of LLMs for misinformation modeling and detection	120
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”	120
Particular flows and attracting sets	105
Social timing: More than combinatorial probabilities?	89
Language as a means to reduce uncertainty	87
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 Rabinowitch	75
A look forward to further developments: Building bridges between mathematics and economics in a multiscale fashion	65
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. Ku	64
Rotating waves and multistability in locomotion models	60
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 C	54
Going deeper into the feelings in creative metacognition: Comment on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition” by I. Lebuda & M. Benedek	52
Putting the framework to work: Comment on “a systematic framework of creative metacognition” by Lebuda & Benedek	52
From physics to sentience: Deciphering the semantics of the free-energy principle and evaluating its claims	48
Brain paradox – Timescales matter! Comment on “The paradox of the self-studying brain” by S.Battaglia, P. Servajean & K. Friston	43
Exploring the potential of kinematic coding in sports science: Implications for athletic action anticipation: Comment on “Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour” by Cristina	42
“Homo informatio”	39
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. Melnick	38
Patterns of neuronal synchrony in higher-order networks	36
Another brick in the wall? Comment on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition” by I. Lebuda & M. Benedek	35
Photobiomodulation effects on cancer cells through modifications of their bioelectric properties	34
Editorial Board	33
Networks behind the morphology and structural design of living systems	29
Toward embodied and action-oriented studies and models of peripersonal space: Comment on “Computational models of peripersonal space representations” by Bertoni et al.	29
Advances in pulsed electric stimuli as a physical method for treating liquid foods	28

Commentary on “ ‘Snakes and ladders’ in paleoanthropology: From cognitive surprise to skillfulness a million years ago”	28
Reevaluating thalamic contributions to pain: A translational framework for precision neuromodulation	27
To comment or not to comment, that is the question!	26
The structure of biological complexity: Comment on “Networks behind the morphology and structural design of living systems” by Gosak et al.	24
The vigor law as a kinematic invariant at work in perceptual-cognitive processes	22
Neuromuscular invariants in action execution and perception	22
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. N	21
A systematic framework of creative metacognition	21
Multiscale and multi-physical problems	21
From local match/mismatch signals to updating of task-relevant beliefs: The temporo-parietal junction and its embedment in cortical networks	21
Integrating large language models and active inference to understand eye movements in reading and dyslexia	20
Editorial Board	20
When patterns come to life	19
The role mathematics can play in physics of life	19
A system sciences approach to consonance/dissonance: From biological constraints to cultural differences	19
Adding a mental health perspective on social timing	18
Transversal aromaticity: Tryptophan as a bridge between molecular patterns and consciousness explained	18
Time in peripersonal space. Comment on "computational models of peripersonal space representation" by Tommaso Bertoni, Ishan-Singh J. Chauhan, Jean-Paul Noel, Andrea Serino	17
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 Sara	17
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. Davis	17
The devil is in the method details. Comment on ‘Visual mental imagery: Evidence for a heterarchical neural architecture’ by Spagna et al.	16
Why the memory palace is mightier than the memory pharmacy	16
Surfing brain waves without sinking	15
Physics-based character animation and human motor control	14
The second law of thermodynamics, life and Earth‘s planetary machinery revisited	14
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, Letizi	12
The major-minor mode dichotomy in music perception	12
Impacts of climate change on vegetation pattern: Mathematical modeling and data analysis	12
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. R	12
Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour	12
From multi-scale to non-local models	10
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 resilience	10
A contribution to understanding the application of Pulsed Electric Fields in liquid food processing	10
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
From a mathematical science of living systems to biology and economics	9
Social timing as an active, multisensory, and embodied process. A commentary on “The evolution of social timing” by Verga, Kotz and Ravignani	9
Visual context drives uncertainty-reduction and novelty-seeking exploration during action understanding	9
Editorial Board	9
How many more uses of bricks can we generate? How knowledge is somewhat neglected in a model full of knowledge	9
From Parrondo's paradox to collective intelligence	8
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 ro	8
Addressing misconceptions on Latent Solution tests	8
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 psycho	8
Preliminaries to artificial consciousness: A multidimensional heuristic approach	8
Bioelectrics for healthy and food-secure lives: Reply to comments on “Advances in pulsed electric stimuli as a physical method for treating liquid foods”	8
Control of movement of underwater swimmers: Animals, simulated animates and swimming robots	8
Determinism of formamide-based biogenic prebiotic reactions	8
A brigde toward mathematics theory in living systems: the thermostatted kinetic theory method for crowd dynamics	7
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
Species extinction in different time scales	7

Comment on “Physics-based character animation and human motor control” by J. Llobera & C. Charbonnier	7
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. Benedek	7
Focusing on relevant data and correcting misconceptions reaffirms the ape ZLS	7
Why Paleolithic Rockstars were both enigmatic and sporadic: A comment on: ‘Snakes and Ladders’ in paleoanthropology: From cognitive surprise to skillfulness a million years ago	7
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 al	7
Particularly average	7
Motor invariants in action execution and perception	6
Computational models of peripersonal space representation	6
Decoding higher-order tumor-microenvironment interactions via an innovative computational framework: Comment on “High-order interaction modeling of tumor-microenvironment crosstalk for tumor growth” b	6
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
A meta-perspective on the creative metacognition framework. Reply to comments on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition”	6
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
The hare and the honey: Health care as transformative learning	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. Ravignani	6
Perception and response of skeleton to mechanical stress	6
Knowledge clustering and the acquisition of creative expertise	6
Ant colony optimization: A bibliometric review	5
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
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 Levin	5
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 Panzeri	5
Neural decoding reliability: Breakthroughs and potential of brain–computer interfaces technologies in the treatment of neurological diseases	5
The music we march to: Beyond beat, floating intentionality and improvisation	5
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. Hosano	5
Comment on “Viscoelastic mechanics of living cells” by Hui Zhou, Ruye Liu, Yizhou Xu, Jierui Fan, Xinyue Liu, Longquan Chen, Qiang Wei	5
Advancements in non-invasive microwave brain stimulation	5
Prognostic potential of reading art in brain damage and the possible contribution of non-invasive brain stimulation	4
Aromatic patterns: Tryptophan aromaticity as a catalyst for the emergence of life and rise of consciousness	4
From adaptive networks to expanding state spaces: Comment on “Beyond networks: Toward adaptive models of biological complexity” by Pessoa	4
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
Listening to dissonant and atonal music induces psychological tension and anxiety	4
Yes, And	4
Beyond simple laboratory studies, toward interactive methods	4
From neural noise to co-adaptability: Rethinking the multifaceted architecture of motor variability	4
Building bidirectional, signed, and weighted interaction network among microbes	4
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 opt	4
Consonance and dissonance perception. A critical review of the historical sources, multidisciplinary findings, and main hypotheses	4
Non-invariants may be used for socially-relevant perceptual decisions	4
High-order interaction modeling of tumor-microenvironment crosstalk for tumor growth	4
Heritability of white matter in twins: A diffusion neuroimaging review	4
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, C	4
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
Information, computation, and causality in living systems	3
Measures, constructs, and constructing measurement: Reply to comments on “Can we really ‘read’ art to see the changing brain?”	3
Multiple applications of pulsed electric fields are game changer in food industry and biomedicine	3
More than one effect in every affect	3
Beyond task response - A key to the subjective aspects of consciousness	3
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 gl	3
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 Cost	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 Nadal	3
Language follows a distinct mode of extra-genomic evolution	3
Simulating social dynamics with artificial intelligence	3
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 al	3
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
Motor variability in task-space and body-space	3
WITHDRAWN: Bridging neurodegenerative diseases and artistic expressivity: The significance of testable models and causal inference	3
The path forward for modeling action-oriented cognition as active inference	3
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. Z	3
Weighting and integrating heterogeneous behavioral cues comment on ‘kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour’	3
Electrical properties of cancer cells: A next generation biophysical therapeutic target	2
Matches, mismatches, and the experience of supernumerary body parts	2
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 Schaik	2
Physical reasoning is the missing link between action goals and kinematics	2
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 Eviatar	2
Meta-control and navigating creative trade-offs: Comment on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition” by Lebuda and Benedek	2
Editorial Board	2
Visual sensitivity to biological motion invariants in humans at birth	2
Current creative potential or generalization to the natural environment? Brief comments on the featured article	2
The importance of tradeoffs in neural and motor variability	2
Editorial Board	2
The toughness, elasticity, color, and consistency of cooperation	2
A kinetic theory approach for modeling Alzheimer's disease: Insights and challenges	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 Panze	2
Changes in style as a diagnostic medical tool or a way to study creativity in art?	2
Can a mathematical model of mass extinctions do without environmental noise?	2
Cultural evolution in the science of culture and cultural evolution	2
Untenable propositions and alternative avenues.	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 Gr	2
Homo erectus’ slowly broadening Zone of Bounded Surprisals opened the way to technological culture	2
Brain dynamics shape cognition–Spatiotemporal Neuroscience	2

Living on the edge – practical information geometry for studying the emergence and propagation of life forms	2
COVID-19 epidemic: From data to mathematical models	2
At the crossroad of the search for spontaneous radiation and the Orch OR consciousness theory	2
“ABMs are dead, long live G-ABMs!”, or a roadmap for opinion dynamics studies	2
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. Bick	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 Parr	2
The body is not there to compute	2
Does the free energy principle sleep on it?	2
On the right way to crack nuts and farm fruit	2
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. Z	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 an	2
Reaction-diffusion waves in biology: new trends, recent developments	2
Some additional pieces in the jigsaw puzzle of innovation and technological culture	2
Bridging neurodegenerative diseases and artistic expressivity: The significance of testable models and causal inference	2
A powerful role of mechanical cues during anastomotic healing: Comment on “Mechanomedicine in anastomosis: Bridging biomechanics and clinical outcomes for improved surgical healing” by Nianyuan Shi, Y	2
All quantum systems are strange	2
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. Rabinowitch	2
Can we “read” art…at all? A psychometric perspective on the possibility of measuring artwork attributes	2
From the free energy principle to a confederation of Bayesian mechanics	2
Connectivity analyses for task-based fMRI	2
Goldstein's ‘catastrophic reactions’ reinterpreted as neuroaesthetic ‘signatures’	2
Contextualizing kinematic coding in naturalistic scenarios: Comment on “Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour” by Becchio, Pullar, Scaliti, and Panzeri	2
Creative metacognition in the problem construction process comment on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition” by I. Lebuda & M. Benedek	2
Multilayer coupled mechanism	2
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 As	2
Mapping and measuring the Mind's Eye - Comment on visual mental imagery: Evidence for a heterarchical neural architecture by Spagna et al.	2
Simple rules for simple models	2
Data-driven mathematical modeling approaches for COVID-19: A survey	2
No sound evidence supports the notion that we can “read” art	2
Cognitive control under active inference: from habits to metacognition. Comment on "Active inference and cognitive control: Balancing deliberation and habits through precision optimization” by Riccard	2
Comment on " Protein post-translational modifications and tumor immunity: A pan-cancer perspective"	2
The many faces of action	2
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 Zuo	2
White matter, and why twin resemblance can still matter	2
The riddle of TPJ function in language processing	2
Implications of cell's electrical properties for standard of care in glioblastoma therapy	2
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 Ravignani	2
The spatiotemporal structure of neural activities shapes cognitive functions: Comment on “brain dynamics shape cognition–spatiotemporal neuroscience” by Georg Northoff, Angelika Wolman, and Jianfeng Z	2
Untangling the structure and function of complex neuronal networks	2
Snakes and ladders in the evolution of language	2