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SUMMARY:Theories of Consciousness and Psychedeilcs - Dr Pedro Mediano (Uni
 versity of Cambridge)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231201T193000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231201T210000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Psychedelics take us to a higher state of consciousness\, or d
 o they? In this talk\, Dr. Mediano argues that while states of diminished 
 consciousness (such as non-dream sleep or anaesthesia) are associated with
  lower levels of both entropy and integrated information in the brain\, th
 is relationship between these two key indicators of consciousness breaks d
 own under psychedelics. Instead\, drugs like LSD and DMT cause a unique ty
 pe of brain state with higher entropy yet lower integrated information. Co
 mbining insights from cutting-edge theories like IIT\, Dr. Mediano explore
 s how psychedelic phenomenology could arise from this unique combination o
 f brain state properties. He argues that psychedelics don’t just take us
  to a "higher" level of consciousness\, but to a completely different kind
  of conscious state altogether.\nSpeakers:\nDr Pedro Mediano (University o
 f Cambridge)
LOCATION:Balliol College (Von Trott Room)\, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/1a8238e0-e27f-4751-8610-8c6380534af2/
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