Table 1.

The physiological consequences of different brain states

	Reversed Carnot cycle	Carnot cycle
	High entropy resting state	Low entropy resting state
Mental state	Positive emotions	Negative emotions
Frequencies	Slow oscillations expand—information poor	High frequencies contract—detail-oriented, accumulate information
Temporal dimensionality	Positive temporal curvature—lower dimensionality	Negative temporal curvature—higher dimensionality
Subjective sense of time	Time perception expand (the luxury of time inspires confidence)	Time perception expands (details overwhelm with stress)
Future degrees of freedom	Degrees of freedom enhances	Degrees of freedom reduces
Thermodynamic consequences	An endothermic cycle absorbs energy and entropy from the environment	An exothermic cycle dumps energy and entropy onto the environment
Consequences for the organism	High mental energy (intellect)	Degradation of mental energy → mental and immune problems

The thermodynamic and psychological consequences of basic emotions