
Relaxation times are widely used descriptors of dynamical systems and are often interpreted through effective temperature or field-based analogies. In neural systems, coherence-based frameworks can motivate the hypothesis that relaxation time depends on global coherence treated as a temperature proxy. In this work, we test this hypothesis using event-triggered entropy dynamics across meditation, tightly constrained meditation, and resting-state EEG datasets. Subject-level relaxation times are estimated from entropy transients and examined for dependence on global coherence using linear, log-scale, and robust estimators. To assess causal relevance and rule out statistical artifacts, we introduce a hierarchy of null models, including global coherence shuffles, state-preserving coherence shuffles, circular coherence shifts, and event-time shuffles. Across datasets, estimators, and nulls, apparent relationships between relaxation time and coherence vanish under null testing. We conclude that neural relaxation time is primarily state-architectural rather than temperature-driven. This result places strong constraints on field-temperature interpretations of neural relaxation and clarifies coherence as a descriptor of state occupancy rather than a causal control variable for relaxation times. This work constitutes a null-hardened boundary-setting result within the VUH Research Program (BRUH). All data used are publicly available, and analysis scripts and outputs are archived to support full reproducibility.
Information theory, Neural relaxation time, Computational neuroscience, Egg, Entropy dynamics, Event-triggered analysis, Null models, Markov dynamics
Information theory, Neural relaxation time, Computational neuroscience, Egg, Entropy dynamics, Event-triggered analysis, Null models, Markov dynamics
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