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Emergent Predictive Experience Theory (EPET): A Constitutive, Emergentist-Predictive Account of Qualia

PsyArXiv August 23, 2025 preprint

This paper presents a constitutive, emergentist-predictive account of qualiadesigned to address the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness within a naturalistic,physicalist framework. It argues that by integrating two leading paradigmsfrom cognitive science—Predictive Processing (PP) and Global Workspace Theory(GWT)—and grounding this synthesis in a consistent non-reductive (weak)emergentism, we can...

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/nfver_v1 (opens in new tab)

The Bi-Interpretive Mind Framework: A Neurocognitive Model of Consciousness, Stress, and Psychopathology

PsyArXiv August 20, 2025 preprint

The Bi-Interpretive Mind Framework (BIMF) introduces a dual-system model of human cognition and consciousness, positing the coexistence of two interdependent subsystems: the Primary Mind (logical, conscious, reality-testing) and the Secondary Mind (intuitive, unconscious, biologically interpretive). Subjective experience is conceptualized as emerging from the “interpretive handshake” between...

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/jhstp_v1 (opens in new tab)

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training in the US: A Landscape Analysis

PsyArXiv July 10, 2025 Roman Palitsky, Caroline Peacock, Jeffrey A. Breau et al. preprint

Skilled interpersonal support and safety monitoring can enhance the therapeutic potential of psychedelic compounds and reduce the potential for harm. In the anticipation of legalized psychedelic care, and the recognition of ongoing psychedelic use across a variety of contexts, numerous training programs have been established to educate psychedelic facilitators in supporting individuals who take...

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/ecybk_v2 (opens in new tab) Psychedelic therapy Psychedelic-assisted therapy MDMA Therapy Psilocybin therapy +19

On the Logic of Measuring Neural Correlates of Consciousness

PsyArXiv July 7, 2025 preprint

This paper presents a mathematical analysis of the logic of measuring Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCCs). Starting from the canonical definition of NCCs provided by Crick and Koch (1990) and Chalmers (2000), a series of lemmas and theorems are provided which show how NCCs can be discovered if empirical data about the co-activation of neural states and states of consciousness is...

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/p9ca3_v1 (opens in new tab)

‘Equal-unblinding’ meta-analysis of psychedelic therapy vs. antidepressants for the treatment of depression

PsyArXiv June 9, 2025 3 citations preprint

Importance: Psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) trials have high levels of functional unblinding. This effect positively biases results when PAT trials are compared against truly blinded trials. Objective: This pre-registered meta-analysis investigated the comparative efficacy of PAT and open-label traditional antidepressants (tAD; such as SSRIs and SNRIs) for the treatment of major depression....

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/vhs4a_v1 (opens in new tab) Psychedelic therapy Psychedelic treatment Psychedelics Hallucinogen therapy +14

Update of the Altered States Database (ASDB): 2024-12-31

PsyArXiv March 14, 2025 preprint

The Open Data initiative Altered States Database (ASDB) collects psychometric questionnaire data on the subjective experiences of pharmacologically and non-pharmacologically induced altered states of consciousness. The ASDB is updated annually and can be utilized by both researchers and non-scientists to access information or conduct further analyses. The current update adds data published in...

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/wkpjc_v1 (opens in new tab)