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

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This paper proposed the entropic-brain model, linking psychedelic states with altered network complexity, unconstrained cognition and changes in hierarchical predictive processing. It is a significant European contribution because it attempts to integrate psilocybin neuroimaging, phenomenology and theories of consciousness into one explanatory framework. The paper is theoretical and synthesizes a developing empirical program rather than reporting one decisive experiment. Researchers should separate the model’s testable predictions from later popular interpretations about psychedelics revealing a more fundamental reality.