Patrick McNamara (neuroscientist)

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

• Deirdre Barrett and Patrick McNamara, Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams, Greenwood, 2012, ISBN 978-0313386640^[12]

References

1. "Home". cognitiveneuroscienceofreligion.org.
2. "Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northcentral University Receive $6.3 Million Grant to Research the Neuroscience of Religious Experience". 31 January 2022.
3. The cognitive neuropsychiatry of Parkinson's disease | WorldCat.org. OCLC 751977985. 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. S2CID 144891004.
6. Taves, Ann (2011). "Introduction". Religion. 41: 71–73. doi:10.1080/0048721X.2011.553129. S2CID 219599631.
7. An evolutionary psychology of sleep and dreams | WorldCat.org. OCLC 56097010. 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. PMC 10426969. PMID 22947819.
9. Science and the world's religions | WorldCat.org. OCLC 768417915. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
10. Where God and science meet : how brain and evolutionary studies alter our understanding of religion | WorldCat.org. OCLC 70267128. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
11. Nightmares : the science and solution of those frightening visions during sleep | WorldCat.org. OCLC 213375778. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
12. Encyclopedia of sleep and dreams : the evolution, function, nature, and mysteries of slumber | WorldCat.org. OCLC 749873296. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

External links

• Official page at Boston University