Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
May 15, 2026
Felix Tretter, Henriette Löffler-stastka, Hans Braun et al.
Ten years ago, we published a position paper in this journal, criticizing reductionist claims of neurobiology related to mental disorders and important theoretical concepts like free will. Our interdisciplinary group of experts highlighted the need for and the challenges of integrating different approaches and system levels in neuroscience. We argued-and still argue-that such an integrative and...
Scientific Reports
May 25, 2025
Jurij Brankačk, Yevgenij Yanovsky, Adriano B. L. Tort et al.
6 citations
Slow oscillations dominate the EEG or local field potential (LFP) of mammals during specific periods within natural sleep and anesthesia. Such similarities have led to the use of anesthesia as a model to study sleep and state-dependent changes of consciousness. Previous research has documented the similarities between the activated state of urethane anesthesia and natural REM sleep,...
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
July 30, 2021
Jon Mallatt, Lincoln Taiz, Andreas Draguhn et al.
It has been proposed by some plant scientists that plants are cognitive and conscious organisms, although this is a minority view. Here we present a brief summary of some of the arguments against this view, followed by a critique of an article in this same issue of Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications by Calvo, Baluska, and Trewavas (2020) that cites Integrated Information Theory...
Trends in Plant Science
August 1, 2019
Lincoln Taiz, D. Alkon, Andreas Draguhn et al.
In claiming that plants have consciousness, 'plant neurobiologists' have consistently glossed over the remarkable degree of structural and functional complexity that the brain had to evolve for consciousness to emerge. Here, we outline a new hypothesis proposed by Feinberg and Mallat for the evolution of consciousness in animals. Based on a survey of the brain anatomy, functional complexity,...