Brain Dynamics of Classical Psychedelics Show Paradoxical Hierarchical Flattening With Increased Complexity
SSRN Electronic Journal 2026 Jakub Vohryzek, Elvira Garcia Guzman, Morten L. Kringelbach et al. 1 citation
Despite divergent behavioral and phenomenological profiles, both psychedelic states and reduced states of consciousness have been associated with a flattening of the brain's functional hierarchy. To address this apparent paradox, we developed a more specific definition of hierarchy based on the proximity of the brain to thermodynamic equilibrium and then applied it to investigate the changes to...