Selected Publications on Sleep and Dreams

in-press1 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.
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.
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.
an-evolutionary-psychology-of-sleep-and-deams-31 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.
Primary teaching affiliate
of BU School of Medicine