Cognition through the lens of a body–brain dynamic system
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Continuous interactions between physiological body-brain rhythms influence how individuals act, perceive, and evaluate their environment. Despite increasing interest, the intricate interface between breathing, cardiac, neural rhythms, and cognitive function remains poorly understood. By evaluating current theoretical and empirical implications, we derive an integrative framework of a 'body-brain dynamic system' that combines a hidden hierarchical structure with dynamical state transitions. We propose that body-brain signals can interchangeably drive state- and task-specific coupling mechanisms which influence cognitive functions. The dynamical nature of this framework parallels the intrinsic variability of human behavior, and ultimately aims at better understanding how individuals act in and adapt to a dynamically changing environment.
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- Authors
- Criscuolo, A., Schwartze, M., & Kotz, S. A.
- Affiliations
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Kotz, Sonja A.
- Venue
- Trends in Neurosciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-09
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 667-677
- ISSN
- 0166-2236 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4283824336
- Cited by
- 76
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 11
- FWCI
- 3.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Trends in Neurosciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (406.18.GO.063, 406.18, GO.063)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Keywords
- physiological rhythms, breathing, cardiac rhythm, neural oscillations, cognitive function, hierarchy, coupling mechanism, environmental adaptation, behavioral variability
- MeSH terms
- Brain, Cognition, Humans, Respiration
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