Neuropsychedelia

In this book, neuroscientist and anthropologist Thomas B. Roberts explores the resurgence of scientific interest in psychedelic drugs that began in the early 1990s. He examines two research groups—one American, one Swiss—that have created the first legal space for psychedelic drug research since LSD was banned in 1966. In 2009-2010, Roberts was embedded in the Swiss group's lab as an anthropologist researching how psychedelics are applied to neuroscience problems. Neuropsychedelia then weaves together two narratives: The story of a generation of scientists, who use psychedelics to model psychiatric disorders and inspire new ideas, and the story of Roberts himself, who uses drugs as a tool for his anthropological fieldwork.