Biography:Patrick McNamara (neuroscientist)

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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, ISBN:978-0-262-01608-7[3][4]
  • Patrick McNamara, The neuroscience of religious experience, Cambridge University Press, 2009, ISBN:978-0521889582[5][6]
  • Patrick McNamara, An evolutionary psychology of sleep and dreams. Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN:9780275978754[7][8]
  • Patrick McNamara and Wesley J. Wildman, Science and the world's religions, Praeger, 2012, ISBN:978-0313387326[9]
  • Patrick McNamara, Where God and science meet : how brain and evolutionary studies alter our understanding of religion, Praeger Publishers, 2006, ISBN:0275987884[10]
  • Patrick McNamara, Nightmares : the science and solution of those frightening visions during sleep, Praeger, 2008, ISBN:978-0313345128[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

References

  1. ↑ "Home". https://www.cognitiveneuroscienceofreligion.org/. 
  2. ↑ "Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northcentral University Receive $6.3 Million Grant to Research the Neuroscience of Religious Experience". 31 January 2022. https://www.ncu.edu/news/shirley-ryan-abilitylab-and-northcentral-university-receive-63-million-grant-research#gref. 
  3. ↑ "The cognitive neuropsychiatry of Parkinson's disease | WorldCat.org". http://www.worldcat.org/title/cognitive-neuropsychiatry-of-parkinsons-disease/oclc/751977985&referer=brief_results. Retrieved 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. ↑ Schjoedt, Uffe (2011). "The neural correlates of religious experience". Religion 41: 91–95. doi:10.1080/0048721X.2011.553132. 
  6. ↑ Taves, Ann (2011). "Introduction". Religion 41: 71–73. doi:10.1080/0048721X.2011.553129. 
  7. ↑ "An evolutionary psychology of sleep and dreams | WorldCat.org". http://www.worldcat.org/title/evolutionary-psychology-of-sleep-and-dreams/oclc/56097010&referer=brief_results. Retrieved 21 January 2024. 
  8. ↑ Olliges, S (2010). "Strengths and weaknesses of McNamara's evolutionary psychological model of dreaming". Evol Psychol 8 (4): 545–60. doi:10.1177/147470491000800402. PMID 22947819. 
  9. ↑ "Science and the world's religions | WorldCat.org". http://www.worldcat.org/title/science-and-the-worlds-religions/oclc/768417915&referer=brief_results. Retrieved 21 January 2024. 
  10. ↑ "Where God and science meet : how brain and evolutionary studies alter our understanding of religion | WorldCat.org". http://www.worldcat.org/title/where-god-and-science-meet-how-brain-and-evolutionary-studies-alter-our-understanding-of-religion/oclc/70267128&referer=brief_results. Retrieved 21 January 2024. 
  11. ↑ "Nightmares : the science and solution of those frightening visions during sleep | WorldCat.org". http://www.worldcat.org/title/nightmares-the-science-and-solution-of-those-frightening-visions-during-sleep/oclc/213375778&referer=brief_results. Retrieved 21 January 2024. 
  12. ↑ "Encyclopedia of sleep and dreams : the evolution, function, nature, and mysteries of slumber | WorldCat.org". http://www.worldcat.org/title/encyclopedia-of-sleep-and-dreams-the-evolution-function-nature-and-mysteries-of-slumber/oclc/749873296&referer=brief_results. Retrieved 21 January 2024. 

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