Hedonic experiences emerge from an orchestrated balance of synergistic and redundant information processing
Maximilian Kathofer, Pedro A. M. Mediano, Marie Spies, Alberto Liardi, Gregor Dörl, Peter Stöhrmann, Clemens Schmidt, Elisa Briem, Gabriel Schlosser, Benjamin Eggerstorfer, Manfred Klöbl, Helmut Leder, Rupert R. Lanzenberger, Julia Sophia Crone
The paper investigates how ketamine affects hedonic experiences by analyzing neural dynamics during music-evoked peak experiences using fMRI and information-theoretical measures.
bioRxiv · Oct 5, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience