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Default Mode Network
NeuroscienceSelf-referential thinking network.
Example: Neuroscientist Robin Carhart-Harris's "entropic brain" hypothesis proposes that psychedelics work partly by collapsing this network's normal organization — when he first scanned brains on psilocybin, he expected more activity and found a significant drop-off instead, the opposite of what was predicted going in.
What is the default mode network?
A brain network associated with self-referential thinking.
How do psychedelics affect the default mode network?
Neuroscientist Robin Carhart-Harris's "entropic brain" hypothesis proposes that psychedelics work partly by collapsing this network's normal organization — when he first scanned brains on psilocybin, he expected more activity and found a significant drop-off instead, the opposite of what was predicted going in.