[HTML][HTML] Canalization and plasticity in psychopathology

RL Carhart-Harris, S Chandaria, DE Erritzoe… - …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
This theoretical article revives a classical bridging construct, canalization, to describe a new
model of a general factor of psychopathology. To achieve this, we have distinguished …

[HTML][HTML] More than meets the eye: The role of sensory dimensions in psychedelic brain dynamics, experience, and therapeutics

M Aqil, L Roseman - Neuropharmacology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Psychedelics are undergoing a major resurgence of scientific and clinical interest. While
multiple theories and frameworks have been proposed, there is yet no universal agreement …

Psychedelics alter metaphysical beliefs

C Timmermann, H Kettner, C Letheby, L Roseman… - Scientific reports, 2021‏ - nature.com
Can the use of psychedelic drugs induce lasting changes in metaphysical beliefs? While it is
popularly believed that they can, this question has never been formally tested. Here we …

Pattern breaking: a complex systems approach to psychedelic medicine

I Hipólito, J Mago, FE Rosas… - Neuroscience of …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Recent research has demonstrated the potential of psychedelic therapy for mental health
care. However, the psychological experience underlying its therapeutic effects remains …

Neural mechanisms and psychology of psychedelic ego dissolution

D Stoliker, GF Egan, KJ Friston, A Razi - Pharmacological Reviews, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Neuroimaging studies of psychedelics have advanced our understanding of hierarchical
brain organization and the mechanisms underlying their subjective and therapeutic effects …

Neural mechanisms of psychedelic visual imagery

D Stoliker, KH Preller, L Novelli, A Anticevic… - Molecular …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Visual alterations under classic psychedelics can include rich phenomenological accounts
of eyes-closed imagery. Preclinical evidence suggests agonism of the 5-HT2A receptor may …

Psychedelics as potential catalysts of scientific creativity and insight

S Gandy, V Bonnelle, E Jacobs… - Drug Science, Policy …, 2022‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Creativity, that is the creation of ideas or objects considered both novel and valuable, is
among the most important and highly valued of human traits, and a fundamental aspect of …

Integrated world modeling theory expanded: Implications for the future of consciousness

A Safron - Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Integrated world modeling theory (IWMT) is a synthetic theory of consciousness that uses the
free energy principle and active inference (FEP-AI) framework to combine insights from …

Forgetting ourselves in flow: an active inference account of flow states and how we experience ourselves within them

D Parvizi-Wayne, L Sandved-Smith, RJ Pitliya… - Frontiers in …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
Flow has been described as a state of optimal performance, experienced universally across
a broad range of domains: from art to athletics, gaming to writing. However, its phenomenal …

From relaxed beliefs under psychedelics (REBUS) to revised beliefs after psychedelics (REBAS)

RJ Zeifman, MJ Spriggs, H Kettner, T Lyons… - Scientific Reports, 2025‏ - nature.com
Abstract The Relaxed Beliefs Under pSychedelics (REBUS) model proposes that
serotonergic psychedelics decrease the precision weighting of neurobiologically-encoded …