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[85] The nature of visual perception: Could a longstanding debate be resolved empirically?
Alex Gomez-Marin and Rupert Sheldrake
Journal of Mind and Behavior, in press (2023)

[84] Towards a trans-materialist science of the sacred
Bernard Carr and Alex Gomez-Marin
Pari Perspectives 15: 52-61 (2023)

[83] Six impossible worlds before breakfast
Alex Gomez-Marin
Current Biology 33(10): R386-R389 (2023)

[82] Making sense of the sacred
Alex Gomez-Marin
Books et al., Science 380(6640):44  (2023)

[81] Cuentos por Contar
Alex Gomez-Marin
Mundos por Venir, M. A. Baixauli (ed.) La documental edicions & UPV (2023)

[80] Our voice is better heard in silence
Alex Gomez-Marin
Pari Perspectives 14:9 (2023)

[79] Science in the age of podcasts 
Alex Gomez-Marin
Books et al., Science 379(6630): 338 (2023)

[78] What happens with the mind when the brain dies?
Alex Gomez-Marin
Organisms: Journal of Biological Sciences 6(1): 51-53 (2023)

[77] Universes hidden in broad daylight
Alex Gomez-Marin and Ignasi Torrent
CCCB Lab, Cultural Research and Innovation (2023) [CAT] [ESP]

[76] Transcending reductionism in neuroscience
Alex Gomez-Marin
Books et al., Science 378(6620): 606 (2022)

[75] ¿Ver para creer?
Alex Gomez-Marin
Prólogo al nuevo libro de Tània Agorreta & Jordi Imbert, Intuitu Editions (2022)

[74] Ciencia de la Conciencia: Un Regreso al Futuro
Alex Gomez-Marin
El Cultural (No 375), La Razón de México (2022) [PDF]

[73] The unavoidable contribution of Rafael Lorente de Nó to the birth of Cybernetics
Juan Manuel Espinosa-Sanchez, Alex Gomez-Marin, Fernando de Castro
OSF Preprints; submitted (2022)

[72] A virtual library for behavioral performance in standard conditions 
Henry Szechtman, Anna Dvorkin-Gheva, Alex Gomez-Marin
GigaScience 11:1-41 (2022)

[71] The motor Wisdom of the Crowd 
Gabriel Madirolas, Regina Zaghi-Lara, Alex Gomez-Marin, Alfonso Pérez-Escudero
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 19: 20220480 (2022)

[70] Rupert Sheldrake’s Quest for Wholeness in Understanding Consciousness
Alex Gomez-Marin
Paradigm Explorer, No139:15-18, Journal of the Scientific & Medical Network (2022)

[69] Cien años de desencuentro: Einstein y Bergson
Alex Gomez-Marin
La Maleta de Portbou 54, Septiembre-Octubre (2022)

[68] An exploration of real, virtual, and possible minds
Alex Gomez-Marin
Books et al., Science 377(6603): 268 (2022)

[67] Angular speed should be avoided when assessing the speed-curvature power law of movement
Adam Matic & Alex Gomez-Marin
bioRxiv  (2022)

[66] Nuestro cerebro no es (como) un ordenador
Juan Arnau & Alex Gómez-Marín
Ideas, Análisis-Ensayo, El País (2022) [PDF]

[65] Materialists’ best guess?
Alex Gomez-Marin
Journal of Consciousness Studies 29:(5-6) 201-207 (2022)

[64] A Stroll Through the Worlds and Minds of Fungi
Alex Gomez-Marin
The Journal of Mind and Behavior 43(1):67-78 (2022)

[63] Metaphors Neuroscientists Live By 
Alex Gomez-Marin
Frontiers in Computer Science 4:890531 (2022)

[62] “In Science We Trust” 
Juan Arnau y Alex Gomez-Marin
Claves de Razón Práctica 282: 100-105 (2022)

[61] Drawing the mind, one neuron at a time 
Alex Gomez-Marin
Books et al., Science 375(6586): 1237 (2022)

[60] Emergent behavior in animal-inspired robotics 
Alex Gomez-Marin, Yisi Zhang
Frontiers in Neurorobotics 16, 861831: 1-2 (2022)

[59] Making life and mind as clear as possible, but not clearer 
Alex Gomez-Marin
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 45:e196 (2022)

[58] Meaning and structural dynamics in poetry: a computational perspective 
Alex Gomez-Marin
PsyArXiv (2022)

[57] Embodying consciousness 
Alex Gomez-Marin
Books et al., Science 374(6569): 696 (2021)

[56] The False Problem of Consciousness 
Alex Gomez-Marin, Juan Arnau
PhilSci Archive 16804 (2021)

[55] Elbow angle and stiffness control by twisted string actuators and nested feedack 
Adam Matić, Alex Gomez-Marin
Osaka University Knowledge Archive (2021)

[54] Hierarchical control of visually-guided movements in a 3D-printed robot arm
Adam Matić, Pavle Valerjev, Alex Gomez-Marin
Frontiers in Neurorobotics 15(755723), 1-18 (2021)

[53] Los hábitos del cosmos
Alex Gomez-Marin
Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, Junio (2021)

[52] Facing biology’s open questions
Alex Gomez-Marin
BioEssays e2100055 (2021)

[51] If the brain is the answer, what was the question?
Alex Gomez-Marin
Current Biology 31:5 R221-R223 (2021)

[50] Promisomics and the short-circuiting of mind
Alex Gomez-Marin
eNeuro 8 (2) ENEURO.0521-20.2021 (2021)

[49] El laberinto de las causas
Juan Arnau & Alex Gomez-Marin
Claves de Razón Práctica 276: 116-121 (2021)

[48] When the part mirrors the whole: interactions beyond “simple location”
Alex Gomez-Marin & Juan Arnau
Frontiers in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 11:523885 (2021)

[47] Does your brain exist when unperceived?
Alex Gomez-Marin
Constructivist Foundations 16 (1):124-128 (2020)

[46] Evolution and what the intellect makes of it
Alex Gomez-Marin
in S. Koutroufinis & R. Pikarski (eds.), Unprecedented Evolution (link), Process Century Press (2020)

[45] Long-term memory of real-world episodes is independent of recency effects: magic tricks as ecological tasks
David Bestue, Luis Martinez, Alex Gomez-Marin, Miguel A. Gea, Jordi Camí
Heliyon 6: e05260 (2020)

[44] Geometric purity, kinematic scaling and dynamic optimality in drawing movements beyond ellipses
Adam Matic, Alex Gomez-Marin
Journal of Mathematical Psychology 99:102453 (2020)

[43] On the Cognitive Bases of Illusionism
Jordi Camí, Alex Gomez-Marin, Luis M. Martínez
PeerJ 8:e9712 (2020)

In the media: · El Confidencial | · El País | · El País

[42] Science as Magic
Alex Gomez-Marin, Luis M. Martínez, Jordi Camí
Organisms. Journal of Biological Sciences, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 90-101 (2020)

[41] Bergson today 
Alex Gomez-Marin
Theory, Culture and Society 37 (7-8) 435-440 (2020)

[40] A history of the metaphorical brain 
Alex Gomez-Marin
Books et al., Science 368 (6489), 375-375 (2020)

[39] La mente en el laboratorio
Juan Arnau & Alex Gomez-Marin
Claves de Razón Práctica. Número 269, páginas 88-97, Marzo-Abril (2020)

In the media: RNE5

[38] A context-free grammar for Caenorhabditis elegans behavior
Saurabh Gupta, Alex Gomez-Marin
bioRxiv (2019)

[37] The Blind Spot of Neuroscience
Alex Gomez-Marin
Organisms. Journal of Biological Sciences, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 19-23. (2019)

In the media: · TEDxMadrid

[36] The Life of Behavior
Alex Gomez-Marin & Asif A Ghazanfar
Neuron 104:1 25-36 (2019)

In the media: · Peeriodicals

[35] A clash of Umwelts: Anthropomorphism in behavioral neuroscience
Alex Gomez-Marin
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42, E229 (2019)

[34] Playing magic tricks to deep neural networks untangles human deception
Regina Zaghi-Lara, Miguel Ángel Gea, Jordi Camí, Luis M Martínez, Alex Gomez-Marin
Submitted (2019)

In the media: · “DeepLabMagic” (YouTubeVozPopuli Fogonazos Venture Beat NoBBot NextTech Informe21 Maestro Viejo Entorno Inteligente Diario Basta Actualidad nplus1 Gazete Yeni Yuzyil News Beezer Meneame WebTekno HotInfoNow The World News The World Breaking News The US Breaking News Tech Investor News VIDMID My Best Tech PC News Buzz The Breaking News Headlines The Science Articles Magic Fun Wagon El Nuevo Mundo Contenido Technology Breaking News The News Headline Laptops Magazine Planet Neuroscience 24goodNews ProfillicLargest Tech |· AI News |· Islaplad · MundoNewsShangyexinzhiCSDN Assert: Top 1 Arxiv Paper Today in Neurons And Cognition

[33] A customizable tablet app for hand movement research outside the lab
Adam Matic, Alex Gomez-Marin
Journal of Neuroscience Methods 328, 108398 (2019)

[32] The speed curvature power law of movements: a reappraisal
Myrka Zago*, Adam Matic*, Tamar Flash, Alex Gomez-Marin^, Francesco Lacquaniti^.
Experimental Brain Research 236:1, pp 69–82 (2018) (*) Co-first authors; (^) Co-lead authors

[31] A portrait of the scientist as a young artist: Or, what neuroscience can learn from dance
Alex Gomez-Marin
SciArt Magazine Vol 33 (2018)

[30] Reproducibility and replicability of rodent phenotyping in preclinical studies
Neri Kafkafi, Joseph Agassi, Elissa J Chesler, John C Crabbe, Wim E Crusio, David Eilam, Robert Gerlai, Ilan Golani, Alex Gomez-Marin, Ruth Heller, Fuad Iraqi, Iman Jaljuli, Natasha A Karp, Hugh Morgan, George Nicholson, Donald W Pfaff, Helene S Richter, Philip B Stark, Oliver Stiedl, Victoria Stodden, Lisa M Tarantino, Valter Tucci, William Valdar, Robert W Williams, Hanno Wurbel, Yoav Benjamini. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 87:218-232 (2018)

[29] Neuroscience needs behavior: correcting a reductionist bias
John W Krakauer, Asif A Ghazanfar, Alex Gomez-Marin, Malcolm A MacIver, David Poeppel
Neuron 93:3 480-490 (2017)

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[28] Causal circuit explanations of behavior: Are necessity and sufficiency necessary and sufficient?
Alex Gomez-Marin
in A. Çelik and M.F. Wernet (eds.), Decoding Neural Circuit Structure and Function, Springer (2017)

In the media: · Peeriodicals |· Neurocritic

[27] The speed-curvature power law in Drosophila larval locomotion
Myrka Zago, Francesco Lacquaniti, Alex Gomez-Marin
Biology Letters 12: 20160597 (2016)

In the media: · La Vanguardia Las Provincias Herencia, Genética y Enfermedad Diario Información 20 Minutos Universal FM Radio La Verdad UMH Master Agencia EFE CSIC

[26] Generative rules of Drosophila locomotor behavior as a candidate homology across phyla
Alex Gomez-Marin*, Efrat Oron, Anna Gakamsky, Dan Valente, Yoav Benjamini, Ilan Golani*
Scientific Reports 6, 27555 (2016) (*) Co-corresponding authors

[25] Hierarchical compression of C. elegans locomotion reveals phenotypic differences in the organization of behaviour
Alex Gomez-Marin, Greg J Stephens, André E.X. Brown
J. R. Soc. Interface 13: 20160466 (2016)

[24] Expanding perspectives on cognition in humans, animals, and machines
Alex Gomez-Marin*, Zachary F Mainen*
Current Opinion in Neurobiology 37:85–91 (2016) (*) Co-corresponding authors

[23] Mitochondrial targeting of XJB-5-131 attenuates or improves pathophysiology in HdhQ150 animals with well-developed disease phenotypes
Aris Polyzos, Amy Holt, Christopher Brown, Celica Cosme, Peter Wipf, Alex Gomez-Marin, María del R. Castro, Sylvette Ayala-Peña, and Cynthia T. McMurray
Human Molecular Genetics, 1-11 (2016)

[22] Dynamical feature extraction at the sensory periphery guides chemotaxis
Aljoscha Schulze*, Alex Gomez-Marin*, Vani J Rajendran, Gus Lott, Marco Musy, Parvez Ahammad, Ajinkya Deogade, James Sharpe, Julia Riedl, David Jarriault, Eric T Trautman, Christopher Werner, Madhusudhan Venkadesan, Shaul Druckmann, Vivek Jayaraman, Matthieu Louis
eLife 2015;4:e06694 (2015) (*) Co-main authors

In the media: · eLIFE Editor’s Choice El Pais La Vanguardia

[21] Role of the Subesophageal Zone in Sensorimotor Control of Orientation in Drosophila Larva
Ibrahim Tastekin*, Julia Riedl*, Verena Schilling-Kurz, Alex Gomez-Marin, James W. Truman, Matthieu Louis
Current Biology 25: 11 p.1448–1460 (2015) (*) Co-main authors

[20] Big behavioral data: psychology, ethology and the foundations of neuroscience
Alex Gomez-Marin, Joseph J Paton, Adam R Kampff, Rui M Costa, Zachary F Mainen
Nature Neuroscience 17, 1455–1462 (2014)

In the media: · Nature Neuroscience Editor’s Choice

[19] Multilevel control of run orientation in Drosophila larval chemotaxis
Alex Gomez-Marin*, Matthieu Louis*
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 8:38 (2014) (*) Co-corresponding authors

[18] Tools, flies and what to do next
Alex Gomez-Marin
American Institute of Physics Conf. Proc. 1510, 120 (2013)

[17] A simple method to study Drosophila leg movements during free climbing
Alex Gomez-Marin*, Bala Iyengar*
Figshare 96615 (2012) (*) Co-main authors

In the media: · YouTube

[16] Automated tracking of animal posture and movement during exploration and sensory orientation behaviors
Alex Gomez-Marin*, Nicolas Partoune, Greg J. Stephens, Matthieu Louis*
PLoS ONE 7 (8): e41642 (2012) (*) Co-corresponding authors

In the media: · Science Daily InfoSalus Cenatic SourceForge YouTube

[15] Active sensation during orientation behavior in the Drosophila larva: more sense than luck
Alex Gomez-Marin, Matthieu Louis
Current Opinion in Neurobiology 22:1-8 (2012)

[14] Active sampling and decision making in Drosophila chemotaxis
Alex Gomez-Marin, Greg J. Stephens, Matthieu. Louis
Nature Communications 2:441 (2011)

In the media: · Lukor Ecoticias

[13] Mechanisms of odor-tracking: multiple sensors for enhanced perception and behavior
Alex Gomez-Marin*, Brian J. Duistermars*, Mark A. Frye, Matthieu Louis
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 4:6 (2010) (*) Co-main authors

[12] Two-state flashing molecular pump
Alex Gomez-Marin, Jose Maria Sancho
EuroPhysicsLetters 86, 40002 (2009)

[11] Optimal protocols for minimal work processes in underdamped stochastic thermodynamics
Alex Gomez-Marin, Tim Schmiedl, Udo Seifert
J. Chem. Phys. 129, 024114 (2008)

[10] Lower bounds on dissipation upon coarse graining
Alex Gomez-Marin, Juan R. Parrondo, Christian Van den Broeck
Phys. Rev. E 78, 011107 (2008)

[9] The footprints of irreversibility
Alex Gomez-Marin, Juan R. Parrondo, Christian Van den Broeck
EuroPhysics Letters 82, 50002 (2008)

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[8] Brownian pump powered by a white-noise flashing ratchet
Alex Gomez-Marin, Jose Maria Sancho
Phys. Rev. E 77, 031108 (2008)

[7] Self-sustained Spatiotemporal Oscillations Induced By Membrane-Bulk Coupling
Alex Gomez-Marin, Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo, Jose Maria Sancho
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 168303 (2007)

In the media: · Virtual Journal of Biological Physics

[6] Test of fluctuation theorem for stochastic entropy production in a nonequilibrium steady state
Alex Gomez-Marin*, Ignacio Pagonabarraga
Phys. Rev. E 74, 061113 (2006) (*) Corresponding author

[5] Tight coupling in thermal Brownian motors
Alex Gomez-Marin*, Jose Maria Sancho
Phys. Rev. E 74, 062102 (2006) (*) Corresponding author

[4] Reply to Comment on “Heat fluctuations in Brownian transducers”
Alex Gomez-Marin, Jose Maria Sancho
Phys. Rev. E 74, 063102 (2006)

[3] Heat fluctuations in Brownian transducers
Alex Gomez-Marin, Jose Maria Sancho
Phys. Rev. E 73, 045101 (2006)

[2] Ratchet, pawl and spring Brownian motor
Alex Gomez-Marin*, Jose Maria Sancho
Physica D 216, 214-219 (2006) (*) Corresponding author

[1] Symmetric Brownian motor
Alex Gomez-Marin, Jose Maria Sancho
Phys. Rev. E 71, 021101 (2005)

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