Patrick McNamara (neuroscientist) explained

Patrick McNamara (born 1956) is an American neuroscientist. His work has centered on three major topics: sleep and dreams, religion, and mind/brain.

Biography

In 2022, McNamara, along with Dr. Jordan Grafman of Northwestern University, received a major award from the Templeton Foundation for his seminal contributions to the emerging scientific field of the cognitive neuroscience of religion (See: Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Cognition)^{[1] [2]}

Books

Published

• Patrick McNamara, The cognitive neuroscience of religious experience. 2nd edition; Cambridge University Press, 2022, ISBN 978-1108833172
• Patrick McNamara, The neuroscience of sleep and dreams. 2nd edition; Cambridge University Press, 2022, ISBN 978-1316629741
• Patrick McNamara, The cognitive neuropsychiatry of Parkinson's Disease, MIT Press, 2011, ^{[3] [4]}
• Patrick McNamara, The neuroscience of religious experience, Cambridge University Press, 2009, ^{[5] [6]}
• Patrick McNamara, An evolutionary psychology of sleep and dreams. Cambridge University Press, 2004. ^{[7] [8]}
• Patrick McNamara and Wesley J. Wildman, Science and the world's religions, Praeger, 2012, ^[9]
• Patrick McNamara, Where God and science meet : how brain and evolutionary studies alter our understanding of religion, Praeger Publishers, 2006, ^[10]
• Patrick McNamara, Nightmares : the science and solution of those frightening visions during sleep, Praeger, 2008, ^[11]
• Patrick McNamara, Spirit possession and history: History, psychology, and neurobiology. Westford, CT: ABC-CLIO. 2011.
• Patrick McNamara, Mind and variability: Mental Darwinism, memory and self. Westport, CT: Praeger/Greenwood Press. 1999.

Edited

• Deirdre Barrett and Patrick McNamara, Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams, Greenwood, 2012, ^[12]

External links

• Official page at Boston University

Notes and References

1. Web site: Home . cognitiveneuroscienceofreligion.org.
2. Web site: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northcentral University Receive $6.3 Million Grant to Research the Neuroscience of Religious Experience . 31 January 2022 .
3. Book: The cognitive neuropsychiatry of Parkinson's disease | WorldCat.org. 751977985 . 21 January 2024.
4. McNamara, P. (2011). The Cognitive Neuropsychiatry of Parkinson's Disease. Alice Cronin-Golomb Applied Neuropsychology: Adult Vol. 19, Iss. 4, 2012
5. 10.1080/0048721X.2011.553132 . 41 . The neural correlates of religious experience . Religion . 91–95. 2011 . Schjoedt . Uffe . 144891004 .
6. 10.1080/0048721X.2011.553129 . 41 . Introduction . Religion . 71–73. 2011 . Taves . Ann . 219599631 .
7. Book: An evolutionary psychology of sleep and dreams | WorldCat.org. 56097010 . 21 January 2024.
8. 22947819 . 8 . 4 . Strengths and weaknesses of McNamara's evolutionary psychological model of dreaming . 2010 . Evol Psychol . 545–60 . Olliges . S . 10.1177/147470491000800402. free . 10426969 .
9. Book: Science and the world's religions | WorldCat.org. 768417915 . 21 January 2024.
10. Book: Where God and science meet : how brain and evolutionary studies alter our understanding of religion | WorldCat.org. 70267128 . 21 January 2024.
11. Book: Nightmares : the science and solution of those frightening visions during sleep | WorldCat.org. 213375778 . 21 January 2024.
12. Book: Encyclopedia of sleep and dreams : the evolution, function, nature, and mysteries of slumber | WorldCat.org. 749873296 . 21 January 2024.