Selected Publications on Sleep and Dreams
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Evolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives Patrick McNamara, Charles Nunn, & Robert Barton (Editors) Cambridge University Press. |
| This book contains chapters by a range of experts on sleep in a very wide range of taxa from insects to humans. Several of the authors use the phylogeny of sleep website and database to provide quantitative analyses of sleep in various taxa. | |
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Nightmares: The Science and Solution of Those Frightening Visions During Sleep Patrick McNamara Praeger Publishing, 2008 |
| In Nightmares, Dr. McNamara explains why these frightening dreams occur from an evolutionary perspective, paying particular attention to the content of nightmares. | |
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The New Science of Dreaming (3 Volumes) Volume I: Biological Aspects Volume II: Content, Recall, and personality Correlates Volume III: Cultural and Theoretical Perspectives Deirdre Barrett & Patrick McNamara (Editors) Praeger Publishing, 2007 |
| The New Science of Dreaming is a three volume series edited by Deirdre Barrett and Patrick McNamara in which experts explore the psychology and biology of dreaming. | |
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An Evolutionary Psychology of Sleep and Dreams Patrick McNamara Praeger Publishing, 2004 |
| Dr. McNamara recently published the book An Evolutionary Psychology of Sleep and Dreams from Praeger Press. |





