The entropic brain: A theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1 FEB, 2014, Pages

  Carhart Harris, Robin L ^a   Leech, Robert ^a   Hellyer, Peter J ^a   Shanahan, Murray ^a   Feilding, Amanda ^b   Tagliazucchi, Enzo ^c   Chialvo, Dante R ^d   Nutt, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b THE BECKLEY FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

5 HT2A receptor; Consciousness; Criticality; Default mode network; Entropy; Metastability; REM sleep; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PSILOCYBINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DEPRESSION; EGO; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTROPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MENTAL FUNCTION; METACOGNITION; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOSIS; REM SLEEP; RESTING STATE NETWORK; THEORY OF MIND; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84893215893     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00020     Document Type: Article

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