Nature CommunicationsAugust 30, 2023Forough Habibollahi, Brett J. Kagan, A. Burkitt et al.
Understanding how brains process information is an incredibly difficult task. Amongst the metrics characterising information processing in the brain, observations of dynamic near-critical states have generated significant interest. However, theoretical and experimental limitations associated with human and animal models have precluded a definite answer about when and why neural criticality...
AJOB NeuroscienceMarch 24, 2022Brett J. Kagan, Daniela Duc, I. Stevens et al.
The development of neural organoids—three-dimensional constructs of neural tissue—resulted in significant advances in neurophysiological understandings, as well raising key ethical concerns. Sawai et al. (2022) discuss the use of these neural organoids, proposing policies to regulate this technology. The most pressing issue arises in the proposed metrics for assessing phenomenological...