Neurotransmissions - Essays on Psychedelics from Breaking Convention

Neurotransmissions: Essays on Psychedelics from Breaking Convention, edited by David Luke and Dave King / ISBN 9781907222436 / 336-page paperback from the Strange Attractor Press (UK) *** An interdisciplinary selection of 23 essays first presented at Breaking Convention 2013, the 2nd conference on psychedelic consciousness, culture and clinical research, held at the University of Greenwich, London. This book presents an interdisciplinary selection of 23 essays first presented at Breaking Convention 2013, the 2nd conference on psychedelic consciousness, culture and clinical research, held at the University of Greenwich, London. The conference is the largest of its kind in the world, featuring more than 120 academic presentations biennially. Neurotransmissions spans the sciences and humanities, from philosophy and neuroscience though chemical models of action into clinical uses, with a special emphasis on MDMA. Cross-cultural approaches explore the use of psychedelics in New Guinea, C