Patrick McNamara, PhD
Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Neurology

PhD, Boston University
MA, Boston University



Patrick McNamara, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Neurology Department of Neurology at the BU School of Medicine and the VA New England HealthCare System. Upon graduating from the Behavioral Neuroscience Program at Boston University in 1991, he trained at the Aphasia Research Center at the Boston VA Medical Center in neurolinguistics and brain-cognitive correlation techniques. He then began developing an evolutionary approach to problems of brain and behavior and currently is studying the evolution of the frontal lobes, the evolution of the two mammalian sleep states (REM and NREM) and the evolution of religion in human cultures. He has published numerous articles and chapters on these topics pioneering the investigation of the role of the frontal lobes in the mediation of religious experience.


Phylogeny of Sleep: Evolution and Adaptive Significance of Sleep States
12/01/2005 - 12/31/2007 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2009 Pragmatic language skills in patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) 5R01DC007956-03 8
2008 REM and NREM Processing Specializations 5R21MH076916-02 5
2008 Pragmatic language skills in patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) 5R01DC007956-02 8
2007 REM and NREM Processing Specializations 1R21MH076916-01A2 5
2007 Pragmatic language skills in patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) 1R01DC007956-01A2 8
2007 SLEEP TRAJECTORIES IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE 2M01RR000533-39-8166 503
2007 TRANSPORT GENE EXPRESSION AND DRUG ACCUMULATION IN MILK 3M01RR002602-22S1-5350 235
2007 Phylogeny of Sleep 5R01MH070415-03 10
2006 TRANSPORT GENE EXPRESSION AND DRUG ACCUMULATION IN MILK 5M01RR002602-22-5132 235
2006 Phylogeny of Sleep 5R01MH070415-02 10
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  1. Wildman WJ, David A, Hodulik G, Balch J, Rohr D, McNamara P. Nightmares in the elderly: Associations with self-reported executive functions. Sleep Med. 2024 Oct 05; 124:381-395. PMID: 39388900
     
  2. Balch J, Raider R, Keith J, Reed C, Grafman J, McNamara P. Sleep and dream disturbances associated with dissociative experiences. Conscious Cogn. 2024 Jul; 122:103708. PMID: 38821030
     
  3. McNamara P. Religion and the brain: Jordan Grafman's contributions to religion and brain research and the special case of religious language. Cortex. 2023 Dec; 169:374-379. PMID: 37995522
     
  4. McNamara P, Wildman WJ, Hodulik G, Rohr D. A neurocomputational theory of nightmares: the role of formal properties of nightmare images. Sleep Adv. 2021; 2(1):zpab009. PMID: 37193571; PMCID: PMC10104396; DOI: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpab009;
     
  5. Smart K, Durso R, Morgan J, McNamara P. A potential case of remission of Parkinson's disease. J Complement Integr Med. 2016 Sep 01; 13(3):311-315.View Related Profiles. PMID: 27379905; DOI: 10.1515/jcim-2016-0019;
     
  6. Morgan J, Clark D, Tripodis Y, Halloran CS, Minsky A, Wildman WJ, Durso R, McNamara P. Impacts of religious semantic priming on an intertemporal discounting task: Response time effects and neural correlates. Neuropsychologia. 2016 Aug; 89:403-13.View Related Profiles. PMID: 27450269; DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.07.020;
     
  7. Butler PM, McNamara P. Comment on: Parkinson's Disease, Religion, and Spirituality. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2016 Sep-Oct; 3(5):518. PMID: 30363544; PMCID: PMC6178695; DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.12330;
     
  8. Harris E, McNamara P, Durso R. Possible selves in patients with right- versus left-onset Parkinson's disease. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2017 Mar; 24(2):198-215.View Related Profiles. PMID: 27141970; DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2016.1178211;
     
  9. McNamara P, Bulkeley K. Dreams as a source of supernatural agent concepts. Front Psychol. 2015; 6:283. PMID: 25852602; PMCID: PMC4365543; DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00283;
     
  10. Harris E, McNamara P, Durso R. Novelty seeking in patients with right- versus left-onset Parkinson disease. Cogn Behav Neurol. 2015 Mar; 28(1):11-6.View Related Profiles. PMID: 25812126; DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0000000000000047;
     
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How Do Our Dreams Evolve As We Age?

Discover Magazine 9/20/2023

Why Do People Freeze? Mini Strokes, Panic Attacks and Other Reasons

Newsweek 7/28/2023

Sharks save energy with daytime naps

Science 3/8/2022

Why Do We Dream of Deceased Loved Ones? Mental Health Professionals and Dream Analysts Debate Possible Reasons.

News Break 3/1/2022

Waking Consciousness in Service to REM Sleep

Psychology Today 1/1/2022

Religion on the Brain

TheScientist 7/13/2021

Having Weird Dreams? AI-Inspired Hypothesis Explains Why

Science Times 5/17/2021

Can You Learn How to Have a Lucid Dream?

Discover Magazine 12/21/2020

Can You Learn How to Have a Lucid Dream?

Discover Magazine 12/21/2020

Why Do We Dream? Science Offers a Few Possibilities

Discover Magazine 12/10/2020

Covid dreams and nightmares

Mancunion 11/20/2020

Coronavirus still creeping into your nightmares? You’re not alone, studies say

Miami Herald 10/3/2020

Coronavirus still creeping into your nightmares? You’re not alone, studies say

Miami Herald 10/1/2020

Why you’re dreaming about being cheated on or naked in public

Yahoo 9/24/2020

Tell Me Your Dream.

The Crimson 5/27/2020

Why You’re Having Freaky Dreams During COVID-19

Futurity 5/20/2020

Insomnia and Vivid Dreams on the Rise with COVID-19 Anxiety

Smithsonian Magazine 4/23/2020

Study Finds Over 600 People in the US are Experiencing 'Strange' Dreaming Phenomenon Amid Coronavirus Pandemic: Why is That?

The Science Times 4/16/2020

The Pandemic is Giving People Vivid, Unusual Dreams. Here’s Why.

National Geographic 4/15/2020

World Sleep Day: How Sleeping and Pre-Bedtime Habits Can Help Fight Novel Coronavirus

The Weather Channel 3/13/2020

What Bad Dreams Can Reveal About Your Health

Considerable 2/6/2020

Banishing Your Nightmares with VR

Tech Trends 3/11/2019

What Happens to Your Brain When You Stop Believing in God

VICE 3/5/2019

What to Eat if You Like Snacks More Than Meals

US News and World Report 3/5/2019

Banishing Your Nightmares With The Help Of VR

VR Scout 2/10/2019

How Virtual Reality Might Help Fight Recurring Nightmares

BU Today 1/30/2019

Virtual Reality Therapy Could Be the New Treatment for Your Reoccurring Nightmares

Good News Network 1/2/2019

What Do Dreams About Ghosts Mean? The Possibilities Are Pretty Spooky

Bustle 10/24/2018
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