Reaction-diffusion waves in biology: new trends, recent developments Language: A special cognitive gadget The genotype concept and language evolution From Parrondo's paradox to collective intelligence: Comment on “Parrondo's paradox reveals counterintuitive wins in biology and decision making in society” by T. Wen & K.H. Cheong Connecting brain and mind through temporo-spatial dynamics: Towards a theory of common currency GLMY homology theory meets idopNetwork: Dissecting soil microbiota resilience under forest thinning and climate change Building a synthetic theory of linguistic evolution? Comment on “Language follows a distinct mode of extra-genomic evolution” From SIR to delay models in epidemiology: Comment on “Data-driven mathematical modeling approaches for COVID-19: A survey” by Jacques Demongeot and Pierre Magal Multi-scale phenomena behind the transmission of infectious disease: Comment on “Data-driven mathematical modelling approaches for COVID-19: A survey” by J. Demongeot & P. Magal The role of mathematical models in epidemic prediction and the challenges of COVID-19. Comment on ‘data-driven mathematical modeling approaches for COVID-19: A survey’ by J. Demongeot, P. Magal 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, Carel P. van Schaik (this issue) Comment on “A decade of thermostatted kinetic theory models for complex active matter living systems” by Carlo Bianca Language is a unique form of communication that transformed human evolution but how unique is linguistic evolution? Editorial Board. Life and self-organization on the way to artificial intelligence for collective dynamics Exploring the genetics of white matter comment on “heritability of white matter in twins: A diffusion neuroimaging review” by Giovanni Videtta, Chiara Colli, Letizia Squarcina, Corrado Fagnani, Emanuela Medda, Paolo Brambilla, and Giuseppe Delvecchio Alpha suppression in the context of cross-frequency interactions between fast and intermediate timescales Opportunities and challenges in connectivity analysis for task-based fMRI comment on “connectivity analyses for task-based fMRI” by Huang S, De Brigard, F., Cabeza, R, and Davis, S.W. Perspectives on modeling pedestrian dynamics by thermostatted kinetic theory: Comment on “A decade of thermostatted kinetic theory models for complex active matter living systems”, by Carlo Bianca Addressing researcher degrees of freedom with best practice guidelines: Comment on ‘Connectivity analysis for task-based fMRI’ by S. Huang, F. De Brigard, R. Cabeza, and S. W. Davis Why graph theory deserves more focus. Comment on “Connectivity analyses for task-based fMRI” by Huang et al. White matter, and why twin resemblance can still matter Combinatorial creativity as blind-variation and selective-retention: A definitional update Why the distinction between language and languages matters Comment on “Language follows a distinct mode of extra-genomic evolution” by Balthasar Bickel, Anne-Lise Giraud, Klaus Zuberbühler, Carel P. van Schaik Parrondo's paradox reveals counterintuitive wins in biology and decision making in society Tracking moment-to-moment variation in cognition with informational connectivity: Comment on “connectivity analyses for task-based fMRI” by Huang, De Brigard, Cabeza, & Davis How to modulate consciousness through pre-stimulus manipulation. Comment on “Beyond task response–pre-stimulus activity modulates contents of consciousness” by Northoff, Zilio, and Zhang Nature heals: An informational entropy account of self-organization and change in field psychotherapy 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, Letizia Squarcina, Corrado Fagnani, Emanuela Medda, Paolo Brambilla, Giuseppe Delvecchio Ant colony optimization: A bibliometric review Competing models of visual mental imagery: Reverse hierarchy or heterarchy? Surveying the neuroimager's connectivity toolbox: Comment on “Connectivity analyses for task-based fMRI” by Huang, De Brigard, Cabeza, & Davis Stretching the limits of tightness and looseness in music interaction Reply to comments on “Musical engagement as a duet of tight synchrony and loose interpretability” A technical comment on “A decade of thermostatted kinetic theory models for complex active matter living systems”. New fascinating perspectives of research The emotional grounds of existence: A phenomenologist's view. Commentary to “The affective grounds of the mind. The affective pertinentization (APER) model” by Salvatore et al. The evolution of human music in light of increased prosocial behavior: a new model Since Feeling is First: Comment on “The affective grounds of the mind. The Affective Pertinentization (APER) Model” by Sergio Salvatore, Arianna Palmieri, Raffaele De Luca Picione, Vincenzo Bochicchio, Mateo Reho, Maria Rita Serio, Giampaolo Salvatore The sound of thought: Form matters–The prosody of inner speech Determinism of formamide-based biogenic prebiotic reactions A brigde toward mathematics theory in living systems: the thermostatted kinetic theory method for crowd dynamics: Comment on the review paper “A decade of thermostatted kinetic theory models for complex active matter living systems” by Carlo Bianca Update on “Emotion and autobiographical memory”: 14 years of advances in understanding functions, constructions, and consequences More than one effect in every affect Causal inference from high-dimensional static data in soil microbiota networks: Comment on “Topological change of soil microbiota networks for forest resilience under global warming” by Gong et al. LLMs and generative agent-based models for complex systems research Investigating and forecasting infectious disease dynamics using epidemiological and molecular surveillance data Disentangled representations for causal cognition The second law of thermodynamics, life and Earth‘s planetary machinery revisited A theory of affect for social intervention? Comment on “The Affective Grounds of the Mind: The Affective Pertinentization (APER) Model” by Sergio Salvatore, Arianna Palmieri, Raffaele De Luca Picione, Vincenzo Bochicchio, Matteo Reho, Maria Rita Serio, Giampaolo Salvatore Affective dynamics in unionization and solidarity: Comment on “The affective grounds of the mind. The Affective Pertinentization (APER) model” by Salvatore et al. What are the psychic forces present within a psychopathological state? 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