Cognition emerges from phase dynamics of intrinsic coordination
The brain generates diverse cognitive states while maintaining a stable functional architecture, a duality that remains difficult to reconcile. Prevailing views assume that flexible cognition necessitates correspondingly flexible architecture, in which different tasks demand distinct reconfigurations of functional networks. Here we introduce the intrinsic network flow (INF) framework as a complementary view. This framework is built on temporally coordinated signal flows across brain networks tha