Michael Winkelman
Retired Associate Professor of Anthropology at Arizona State University
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Research Footprint
Michael Winkelman appears in 7 tracked papers (2013–2023), most studied alongside Ayahuasca, DMT and LSD, across Immunology & Inflammation, Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and Neuroimaging & Brain Measures.
Most-cited paper: The therapeutic potentials of ayahuasca: possible effects against various diseases of civilization (236 citations).
Frequent co-authors: Ede Ottó Frecska, Attila Szabo and Luiz Tófoli.
Background & Research
Michael James Winkelman is a retired Associate Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. His research focuses on medical anthropology, shamanism, altered states of consciousness, neurotheology, and the cultural and biological bases of healing systems. He has also written extensively on psychedelics, including their potential roles in addiction treatment, religion, sociality, and evolutionary adaptation.
Key Impact
A leading medical anthropologist and psychedelic scholar whose work helped frame psychedelics in relation to shamanism, religion, evolution, and therapeutic applications.
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