A Shared Entropic Axis Spans States of Consciousness Across Pharmacological and Clinical Conditions
Dante Sebastián Galván Rial, Gabriel A. Della Bella, Lorina Naçi, Stefano Delli Pizzi, Stefano L. Sensi, Tristán M. Osán, Daniel Aguilera, Christopher Timmermann, Robin Lester Carhart-Harris, Emmanuel Andreas Stamatakis, Pablo Barttfeld
The paper quantifies consciousness states using entropy across pharmacological and clinical fMRI data, finding a shared entropic axis spanning from low-entropy anaesthesia to high-entropy psychedelic and schizophrenia states.
bioRxiv · Jun 16, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience