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Igor Branchi
@igorbranchi.bsky.social
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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The network-based operationalization of plasticity predicts not only the magnitude of change but also its timing:
the greater the plasticity, the faster the recovery

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A network-based analysis anticipates time to recovery from major depression revealing a plasticity by context interplay - Translational Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry - A network-based analysis anticipates time to recovery from major depression revealing a plasticity by context interplay
www.nature.com
Join the School 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡🧠👇

Fantastic lineup of speakers: @clbockting.bsky.social, Eero Castrén, @francescacirulli.bsky.social, Ashley Cooper, Marilyn Gatica, Agustin Ibanez, @satupalva.bsky.social, @pessoabrain.bsky.social, @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social, Marten Scheffer‪
Interested in the complexity of the brain and the mind? 🧠

Join the School 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡
📌 Erice, Sicily
📅 26 April–1 May 2026

An #interdisciplinary dialogue on how #mental_states emerge from the #dynamics of 𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 and 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬

centromajorana.it/mentalhealth...
October 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Interested in the complexity of the brain and the mind? 🧠

Join the School 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡
📌 Erice, Sicily
📅 26 April–1 May 2026

An #interdisciplinary dialogue on how #mental_states emerge from the #dynamics of 𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 and 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬

centromajorana.it/mentalhealth...
October 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Plasticity—the capacity to change brain functioning and mental states—is an essential ingredient of recovery.

Revealing its biological foundations and how it interacts with the environment is key to advancing precision psychiatry and promoting wellbeing.

Join the @ecnp.eu New Forntiers Meeting! 👇
ecnp.eu ECNP @ecnp.eu · 21d
Don’t miss #ECNP New Frontiers Meeting 2026!
📅 15–16 March | Nice & virtual
🧠 From plasticity to recovery: how we can change the brain

The deadline to apply for in-person participation is 11 November 2025. Register now 👉 www.ecnp.eu/meetings/new-frontiers-meeting/

#Neuroscience #Neuroplasticity
October 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Warm congratulations, Carmen! So well deserved!
Huge congratulations to @carmensandi10.bsky.social on receiving the ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award from @ecnp.eu - So richly deserved
October 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Measuring plasticity through networks helps anticipating how depression unfolds

Incorporating a dynamic perspective may reconcile potential inconsistencies in its predictive value

Congrats @dellicolliclaudia.bsky.social & @aurevig.bsky.social !

#mentalhealth #complexity

doi.org/10.1192/j.eu...
Anticipating depression trajectories by measuring plasticity and change through symptom network dynamics | European Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Anticipating depression trajectories by measuring plasticity and change through symptom network dynamics - Volume 68 Issue 1
doi.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Reposted by Igor Branchi
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.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
#philsci #philsky #HPS #hpbio #histsci
June 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Reposted by Igor Branchi
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
SPAN PARTNERSHIPS | SPAN
www.philandneuro.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Interested in tackling the #COMPLEXITY of #BRAIN🧠 and #MIND?

The #INTERFACE is
1️⃣ a privileged level of #CONTROL
2️⃣ characterized by HIGH REGULARITY and #PREDICTABILITY
3️⃣ a boundary between types of #CAUSALITY WITHIN and OUTSIDE a system

Just out #BiologicalTheory
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Interface as a Privileged Level of Organization in Life Sciences: Implications for Control and Causation in Complex Systems - Biological Theory
Nature is a continuum of living and nonliving systems from the microscale to the macroscale that are interdependent and dynamically interact with each other. Approaching such complexity by identifying...
link.springer.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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
June 17, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Network-based operationalization of plasticity reveals higher plasticity levels in bipolar compared to unipolar patients, consistent with their increased likelihood of transitioning across mental states

Congrats @aurevig.bsky.social & the team

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A network-based approach reveals higher plasticity levels in bipolar than major depressive disorder
Bipolar disorder (BD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) are often misdiagnosed due to overlapping symptomatology, leading to inappropriate treatment…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Inspiring lecture by Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social at #NetSci2025 exploring the foundations of network and complexity sciences
June 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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
May 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Reposted by Igor Branchi
Join our team in developing and evaluating innovative interventions using technology and/or AI to address these disorders in urban environments

www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3510... @umh-uva.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social
Assistant/Associate professor Mental Health Sciences: Urban Mental Health
Are you passionate about improving mental health in anxiety and depression? Join our team in developing and evaluating innovative interventions using technology and/or AI to address these disorders in...
www.academictransfer.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The network-based operationalization of plasticity predicts not only the magnitude of change but also its timing:
the greater the plasticity, the faster the recovery

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A network-based analysis anticipates time to recovery from major depression revealing a plasticity by context interplay - Translational Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry - A network-based analysis anticipates time to recovery from major depression revealing a plasticity by context interplay
www.nature.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Reposted by Igor Branchi
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 👇
rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #HPBio
January 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Relata do not explain relations... Merry Christmas🌲
December 24, 2024 at 9:17 AM
...in the meantime, others are setting a different path...

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/finland...
December 21, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Reposted by Igor Branchi
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.
December 3, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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
November 22, 2024 at 1:07 PM
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...
November 17, 2024 at 9:17 AM
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
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:20 AM
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
November 14, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Reposted by Igor Branchi
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
November 13, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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…
January 22, 2024 at 9:24 AM