Waves or Networks at the basis of Cognition?

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How the cognition ‘emerges’ from the physical structure of the brain remains unclear. Neuroimaging studies reveal signatures of cognition in the dynamics of large-scale functional networks, whose origin and generative mechanisms remain under debate. Efforts have been made to link the formation of functional networks at the macroscale to neuronal activity at the microscale using whole-brain computational models. While these models have served to support distinct mechanistic hypothesis for the genesis of functional networks, an alternative hypothesis relating functional networks to resonance phenomena is emerging. In my talk I will discuss these two distinct perspectives, reinforcing the importance to maintain openness to different mechanistic hypothesis while new evidence is needed to disambiguate current conflicts.