Igor Branchi
@igorbranchi.bsky.social
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Complexity, interface, transitions, process, network, evolution, neuroscience, plasticity, context, mental health. Group leader and sentior researcher http://iss.it, igorbranchi.org, visiting fellow https://ias.uva.nl/
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Out now (print and open access!):
Jan Baedke’s Element on “The Organism” at
@cambridgeup.bsky.social .
It discusses philosophical, historical and social dimensions of the organism concept.
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#philsci #philsky #HPS #hpbio #histsci
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We're excited to say we've partnered w/ The Laboratory of Cognition & Emotion at U Maryland to bring you news about their Phil & Neuro Salon curated & hosted by @pessoabrain.bsky.social 🧠 Check here or our website for links to future events that are open to all!
www.philandneuro.com/partnerships
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Interested in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary approaches to understanding brain functioning?

EJN special issue - The Relevance of a Philosophical Toolkit to Advance Neuroscience - is now available and nearly complete
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

@smellosopher.bsky.social
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Inspiring lecture by Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social at #NetSci2025 exploring the foundations of network and complexity sciences
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In the search for novel tools in precision psychiatry: plasticity is a quantifiable marker of the capacity for change and, thus, of the potential to transition from psychopathology to wellbeing.

Stratifying patients based on plasticity levels holds promise to improve therapeutic efficacy.
Integrating plasticity into precision psychiatry | European Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Integrating plasticity into precision psychiatry - Volume 68 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
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Next Monday, @igorbranchi.bsky.social will kick off the new year with a talk on "Brain, Behavior and Context" in our ROTO Lecture Series. 🧠 Just click the link to register for the talk and the discussion 👇
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Poster for the talk by Igor Branchi, entitled "Brain, Behavior and Context: Who Leads and Who Follows". It will take place on Monday, 13 January 2025 at 4pm (CET) via Zoom.
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Relata do not explain relations... Merry Christmas🌲
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...in the meantime, others are setting a different path...

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/finland...
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There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.

A Place of Joy.
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6
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it sounds as the Laplacian demon might be at play here 👹
-- what's missing might be downward causation, the influence of higher-level organizational dynamics on lower-level processes within the system
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According to Gregory Bateson, evolution is not an engineer: ‘The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think’ (Steps to an Ecology of Mind)
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A 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 to 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 in brain sciences: predicting the likelihood of transitioning from mental disorders to wellbeing

See our article in Nature Mental Health:
nature.com/articles/s44...

@dellicolliclaudia.bsky.social
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Complex is not complicated!

TAMING COMPLEXITY FROM THE INTERFACE: SIMPLIFYING NEUROSCIENCE

In complex system, simplicity doesn't reside at the microscopic scale, but manifests at the system boundaries where the interface lies

A NEUROSCIENCE perspective
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The EJN special issue, "The Relevance of a Philosophical Toolkit to Advance Neuroscience," is here!

Explore how interdisciplinary approaches can deepen our understanding of the brain and mind

Co-edited with @smellosopher.bsky.social, I Sarto-Jackson, M Kunze
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14609568...
European Journal of Neuroscience: Vol 60, No 5
Click on the title to browse this issue
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Thanks so much to all speakers and participants for making the International School "Recentering neuroscience on behavior: a brain-body-environment integrated approach"!
We had great science and fun! @francescacirulli.bsky.social @jfcryan.bsky.social @carmensandi10.bsky.social @eknapska.bsky.social
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Great science, students and colleagues in Erice, Sicily for International School on 'Recentering neuroscience on behavior: a brain-body-environment integrated approach' organised by @igorbranchi.bsky.social & @francescacirulli.bsky.social
with @carmensandi10.bsky.social @eknapska.bsky.social
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A 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 to 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 in brain sciences: predicting the likelihood of transitioning from mental disorders to wellbeing See our new article:

nature.com/articles/s44...
https://nature.com/articles/s44220-023-00192-z…