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Spotlight commentary: REBUS and the anarchic brain

Noorani, Tehseen; Alderson-Day, Ben

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Ben Alderson-Day



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.

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

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