Spotlight commentary: REBUS and the anarchic brain

Noorani, Tehseen; Alderson-Day, Ben

Abstract

In ‘REBUS and the Anarchic Brain: Towards a Unified Model of the Brain Action of Psychedelics’, Carhart-Harris and Friston offer an important analysis of what the predictive processing framework has to offer our understanding of psychedelic experiences, providing an invaluable ground for psychedelic psychiatry. While applauding this, we encourage paying greater attention to contextual factors shaping extreme experiences and their sequalae, and suggest that the authors’ comparisons with certain non-psychedelic altered states may overlook more informative parallels that can be drawn elsewhere. Addressing both points will prove fruitful, ultimately, in identifying the mechanisms of action of greatest interest in psychedelic experiences.

Citation

Noorani, T., & Alderson-Day, B. (2020). Spotlight commentary: REBUS and the anarchic brain. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2020(1), Article niaa007. https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niaa007

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 16, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Jun 12, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Deposit Date: Jul 7, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 2, 2023
• Journal: Neuroscience of Consciousness
• Electronic ISSN: 2057-2107
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Volume: 2020
• Issue: 1
• Article Number: niaa007
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niaa007
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1298549