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the idea that the richness of a conscious state tracks the entropy, or disorder, of brain activity, which psychedelic drugs increase.

In neuroscience, entropic brain hypothesis refers to the idea that the richness of a conscious state tracks the entropy, or disorder, of brain activity, which psychedelic drugs increase. This meaning comes from Carhart-Harris (2014) in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.[1]

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Carhart-Harris, R. L., Leech, R., Hellyer, P. J., Shanahan, M., Feilding, A., Tagliazucchi, E., Chialvo, D. R., & Nutt, D. (2014). The entropic brain: a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00020

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