Synergy and Redundancy

Competitive interactions shape mammalian brain network dynamics and computation

We use computational whole-brain modelling across human, macaque, and mouse to show that models with competitive interactions are more realistic, more personalised, more synergistic, and perform better.

Mar 11, 2026

Convergent transcriptomic and connectomic controllers of information integration and its anaesthetic breakdown across mammalian brains

Across human, macaque, marmoset, and mouse, anaesthesia disrupts integration of information in the mammalian brain, which is restored upon re-awakening by central-thalamic deep-brain stimulation, and reproduced in species-specific computational models.

Jan 28, 2026

Toward a unified taxonomy of information dynamics via Integrated Information Decomposition

Exhaustive decomposition of information into synergistic, redundant, and unique components.

Sep 22, 2025

Benchmarking methods for mapping functional connectivity in the brain

We compare of >200 measures of pairwise interaction for fMRI functional connectivity.

Jun 6, 2025

Redefining functional connectivity for fMRI

Led by Zhen-Qi Liu, comparison of >200 measures of pairwise interaction for fMRI functional connectivity.

May 1, 2025

Unravelling consciousness and brain function through the lens of time, space, and information

We review how fundamental building blocks of brain function can be identified through the lenses of space, time, and information. Each lens reveals similarities and differences across anaesthesia, coma, and psychedelics, in humans and across different species.

Jul 1, 2024

Information Decomposition

Toolbox to decompose information into synergistic, redundant, and unique contributions. By Pedro Mediano.

Jun 26, 2024

Information decomposition and the informational architecture of the brain

We review how disentangling synergistic and redundant information provides a guiding principle for understanding the informational architecture of the brain and cognition and their evolution.

Apr 1, 2024

A synergistic workspace for human consciousness revealed by Integrated Information Decomposition

We identify a core of high-synergy regions whose ability to integrate information is compromised during anaesthesia and in patients with disorders of consciousness.

Jul 18, 2023

A synergistic core for human brain evolution and cognition

We show that the human brain relies on synergistic interactions between regions to integrate information and support complex cognition, surpassing the brains of other species and correlating with evolutionary cortical expansion.

May 26, 2022