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Books<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Science<\/td>\nScience and the World’s Religions (3 Volumes)<\/strong>
\nPatrick McNamara and Wesley Wildman (Editors)
\nABC-CLIO, expected publication date, March 2012
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\"Encyclopedia<\/td>\nEncyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams (2 Volumes)<\/strong>
\nDeirdre Barrett and Patrick McNamara (Editors)
\nABC-CLIO, expected publication date, January 2012
\nTable of Contents<\/a><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\"The<\/td>\nThe Cognitive Neuropsychiatry of Parkinson’s Disease<\/strong>
\nPatrick McNamara
\nThe MIT Press, 2011
\nTable of Contents<\/a><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\"Dementia\"<\/a><\/td>\nDementia (3 Volumes)<\/strong><\/a>
\nVolume I: History and Incidence
\nVolume II: Science and Biology
\nVolume III: Treatments and Developments<\/em>
\nPatrick McNamara (Editor)
\nABC-CLIO, 2011
\nTable of Contents<\/a><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\"Spirit<\/a><\/td>\nSpirit Possession (2 Volumes) <\/strong><\/a>
\nVolume I: History and Phenomenology of Positive Spirit Possession
\nVolume II: Demonic Possession and Rites to Exorcize ‘Demons’<\/em>
\nPatrick McNamara
\nABC-CLIO, 2011
\nTable of Contents<\/a><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\"Evolution<\/a><\/td>\nEvolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives<\/strong><\/a>
\nPatrick McNamara, Charles Nunn, & Robert Barton (Editors)
\nCambridge University Press, 2010
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The Neuroscience of Religious Experience<\/strong><\/a>
\nPatrick McNamara
\nCambridge University Press, 2009
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Nightmares: The Science and Solution of Those Frightening Visions During Sleep<\/a><\/strong>
\nPatrick McNamara
\nPraeger Publishing, 2008
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The New Science of Dreaming (3 Volumes)<\/a><\/strong>
\nVolume I: Biological Aspects
\nVolume II: Content, Recall, and personality Correlates
\nVolume III: Cultural and Theoretical Perspectives<\/em>
\nDeirdre Barrett and Patrick McNamara (Editors)
\nPraeger Publishing, 2007
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An Evolutionary Psychology of Leader-Follower Relations<\/a><\/strong>
\nPatrick McNamara and David Trumbull
\nNova Science Publishers, 2007
\nTable of Contents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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 <\/strong><\/a>Where God and Science Meet: How Brain and Evolutionary Studies Alter <\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/a> <\/strong><\/a>Our Understanding of Religion (3 Volumes)<\/a><\/strong>
\nVolume I: Evolution, Genes, and the Religious Brain
\nVolume II: The Neurology of Religious Experience
\nVolume III: The Psychology of Religious Experience<\/em>
\nPatrick McNamara (Editor)
\nPraeger Publishing, 2006
\nTable of Contents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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An Evolutionary Psychology of Sleep and Dreams<\/a><\/strong>
\nPatrick McNamara
\nPraeger Publishing, 2004
\nTable of Contents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Mind and Variability: Mental Darwinism, Memory and Self<\/a><\/strong>
\nPatrick McNamara
\nPraeger Publishing, 1999
\nTable of Contents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a>Please follow these links for a list of publications related to:<\/strong>
\nCounterfactuals<\/a>
\nLanguage and Pragmatics<\/a>
\nMemory<\/a>
\nOrgan Donation<\/a>
\nOther topics<\/a>
\nParkinson’s Disease<\/a>
\nReligion<\/a>
\nSleep and Dreams<\/a><\/p>\n

For reprints or further information on selected publications, please email Dr. McNamara<\/a>.
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<\/a>Counterfactuals<\/strong><\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Durso, R., Brown, A., & Lynch, A. (2003). Counterfactual cognitive deficit in persons with Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 74,<\/em> 1065-1070.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Andresen, J., Arrowood, J., & Messer, G. (2002). Counterfactual cognitive operations in dreams. Dreaming, 12<\/em>(3), 121-133.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (2000). Counterfactual thought in dreams. Dreaming, 10<\/em>(4), 232-245.
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<\/a>Language and Pragmatics<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (2011). Neurochemistry and language. In P. C. Hogan (Ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences <\/em> (pp. 557-558). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.<\/p>\n

Holtgraves, T., & McNamara, P. (2010). Pragmatic comprehension deficit in Parkinson\u2019s Disease. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32<\/em>(4), 388-397. <\/em>PMID: 19763993<\/p>\n

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Holtgraves, T., & <\/strong>McNamara, P. <\/strong>(2010). Parkinson\u2019s disease and politeness. Journal of Language and Social\u00a0 Psychology, 29<\/em>(2), 178-193.<\/p>\n

Holtgraves, T., McNamara, P., Cappaert, K., & Durso, R. (2010). Linguistic correlates of asymmetric motor symptom severity in Parkinson\u2019s Disease. Brain and Cognition, 72<\/em>(2), 189-196. PMID: 19751960<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Holtgraves, T. Durso, R., & Harris, E. (2010). Social cognition of indirect speech: Evidence from Parkinson\u2019s Disease. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 23<\/em>(2), 162-171.<\/em> PMID: 20161657<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., & Albert, M. (2004). Neuropharmacology of verbal perseveration. Seminars in Speech and Language, 25<\/em>(4), 309-321.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., & Durso, R. (2003). Pragmatic communication skills in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Brain and Language, 84,<\/em> 414-423.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., & Durso, R. (2000). Language functions in Parkinson’s Disease: Evidence for a neurochemistry of language. In L. Obler & L.T. Connor (Eds.), Neurobehavior of language and cognition: Studies of normal aging and brain damage<\/em> (pp. 201-212). New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Clark, J., Krueger, M., & Durso, R. (1996). Grammaticality judgments and sentence comprehension in Parkinson’s disease: A comparison with Broca’s aphasia. International Journal of Neuroscience, 86,<\/em> 151-166.<\/p>\n

Mimura, M., McNamara, P., & Albert, M. (1995). Towards a pharmacotherapy for aphasia. In H. Kirshner (Ed.), Handbook of neurological speech and language disorders<\/em> (pp. 465-482). New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.<\/p>\n

Frazier, L., & McNamara, P. (1995). Favor referential representations. Brain & Language, 49,<\/em> 224-240.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Obler, L., Au, R., Durso, R., & Albert, M. (1992). Speech monitoring skills in Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s disease and normal aging. Brain & Language,42<\/em>, 38-51.<\/p>\n

Shapiro, L., McNamara, P., Zurif, E., Lanzoni, S., & Cermak, L. (1992). Processing complexity and sentence memory: Evidence from amnesia. Brain & Language, 42<\/em>, 431-453.
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<\/a>Memory<\/strong><\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Benson, E., McGeeney, B., Brown, A., & Albert, M. (2005). Modes of remembering in patients with chronic pain: Relation to current pain. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 193<\/em>(1), 53-57.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (1999). Mind and variability: Mental Darwinism, memory and self. Westport: Praeger\/Greenwood Press. Praeger Publishing<\/a><\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (1996). Bergson’s “Matter and Memory” and modern selectionist theories of memory. Brain & Cognition, 30<\/em>, 215-231.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (1994). Memory, double, shadow and evil. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 39,<\/em> 233-251.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (1992). A transpersonal approach to memory. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 24<\/em>(1), 61-78.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Obler, L., Au, R., Durso, R., & Albert, M. (1992). Speech monitoring skills in Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s disease and normal aging. Brain & Language,42<\/em>, 38-51.<\/p>\n

Shapiro, L., McNamara, P., Zurif, E., Lanzoni, S., & Cermak, L. (1992). Processing complexity and sentence memory: Evidence from amnesia. Brain & Language, 42<\/em>, 431-453.
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<\/a>Organ Donation<\/strong><\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Guadagnoli, E., Evanisko, M.J., Beasley, C., Santiago-Delpin, E.A., Callender, C.O., & Christiansen, E. (1999). Correlates of support for organ donation among three ethnic minorities. Clinical Transplantation, 13<\/em>, 45-50.<\/p>\n

Guadagnoli, E., Christiansen, C., DeJong, W., McNamara, P., Beasley, C., Christiansen, E., & Evanisko, M. (1999). The public’s willingness to discuss their preference for organ donation with family members. Clinical Transplantation, 13,<\/em> 1-7.<\/p>\n

Helander, K., McNamara, P., Franz, H., & Beasley, C. (1999). Best demonstrated practices in organ donation: Meeting the challenge of the new HCFA regulations. In J. Burns & L.M. Northrup (Eds.), Hospital strategies<\/em> (pp. 111-140). New York: Faulkner and Gray, Inc.<\/p>\n

Guadagnoli, E., McNamara P., Evanisko, M., Beasley, C., Callender, C.O., & Poretsky, A. (1999). The influence of race on approaching families for organ donation and their decision to donate. American Journal of Public Health, 89,<\/em> 244-247.<\/p>\n

Beasley, C., Boyle, C., McNamara, P., & Guardino, S. (1999). Estimating the potential effects of donor registries using a simple analytical model. Transplantation Proceedings, 31,<\/em> 1701-1702.<\/p>\n

Evanisko, M., Beasley, C., Brigham, L., Capossela, C., Cosgrove, G.R., Light, J., Mellor, S., Poretsky, A., & McNamara, P. (1998). Readiness of critical care physicians and nurses to handle requests for organ donation. Journal of Critical Care,<\/em> 7(1), 4-12.<\/p>\n

Gortmaker, S.L., Beasley, C.L., Sheehy, E., Lucas, B.A., Brigham, L.E., Grenvik, A., Patterson, R.H., Garrison, R.N., McNamara, P., & Evanisko, M.J. (1998). Improving the request process to increase family consent for organ donation. Journal of Transplant Coordination, 8<\/em>(4), 210-217<\/p>\n

McNamara P., & Beasley, C. (1997). Determinants of familial consent to organ donation in the hospital setting. In Cecka & Terasaki (Eds.), Clinical transplants 1997<\/em> (pp. 219-229). Los Angeles: UCLA Tissue Typing Laboratory.<\/p>\n

McNamara P., Franz, H.G., Fowler, R., Evanisko, M.J., & Beasley, C.L. (1997). Medical record review as a measure of the effectiveness of organ procurement practices in the hospital.” Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, 23<\/em>(6), 321-333.
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<\/a>Other Topics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assal, F., & McNamara, P. (2008). Spatial perseveration in dementia with Lewy bodies. Behavioural Neurology, 18,<\/em> 235-236.<\/p>\n

Klein, R., McNamara, P., & Albert, M. L. (2006). Neuropharmacologic approaches to cognitive rehabilitation. Behavioural Neurology, 17,<\/em> 1-3.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., & Trumbull, D. (2006). The evolutionary psychology of leader-follower relations.<\/em> Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Nova Science Publishers<\/a><\/p>\n

McNamara, P., & Albert, M. (2003). Pharmacotherapy of cognition. In K. Heilman & E. Valenstein (Eds.), Clinical neuropsychology<\/em> (4th ed., pp. 640-656). New York: Oxford.<\/p>\n

Oscar-Berman, M., & McNamara, P. (2001). Cognitive changes in aging alcoholics. In R.R. Watson (Ed.), Alcohol and substance abuse in the aged<\/em> (pp. 21-40). New York: CRC Press.<\/p>\n

Oscar-Berman, M., & McNamara, P. (2001). Brain injuries. In W.E. Craighead & C.B. Nemeroff (Eds.), The Corsini Encyclopedia of psychology and behavioral science<\/em> (3rd ed., vol. 1, pp. 236-237). New York: John Wiley and Sons.<\/p>\n

Oscar-Berman, M., & McNamara, P. (2001). Central nervous system disorders. In W.E. Craighead, & C.B. Nemeroff (Eds.), The Corsini Encyclopedia of psychology and behavioral science<\/em> (3rd ed., vol. 1, pp. 265-267). New York: John Wiley and Sons.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Oscar-Berman, M., & Albert, M. (2000). Frontal lobe function and pain in the elderly. Journal of Adult Development and Aging,<\/em> 7(2), 113-119.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Blum, D., O’Quin, K., & Schachter, S. (1994). Markers of cerebral lateralization and alcoholism. Perceptual & Motor Skills, 79,<\/em> 1435-1440.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Flannery, K., Obler, L., & Schachter, S. (1994). Special talents in Geschwind and Galaburda’s theory of cerebral lateralization: An examination in a female population. International Journal of Neuroscience, 78,<\/em> 167-176.<\/p>\n

Tanaka, Y., Miyazaki, M., Kuzuhara, S., McNamara, P., & Albert, M. (1993). The relation between pain and cerebral hemisphere. Neurological Medicine (Tokyo), 39<\/em>(3), 263-268.<\/p>\n

Staveley, H., & McNamara, P. (1993). Warwick Fox’s “Transpersonal Ecology”: A critique and alternative approach. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 24<\/em>(2), 201-211.<\/p>\n

Oscar-Berman, M., McNamara, P., & Freedman, M. (1991). Delayed response tasks: Parallels between experimental ablation studies and findings in patients with frontal lesions. In H.S. Levin & H.M. Eisenberg (Eds.), Frontal lobe function and injury<\/em> (pp. 230-255). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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<\/a>Parkinson\u2019s Disease<\/strong><\/p>\n

Butler, P. M., & McNamara, P. <\/strong>(in press). Epigenetic, imprinting and neurobehavioral effects in Parkinson\u2019s \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 disease. In P. McNamara (Ed.), Dementia: Volume 2: Science and biology<\/em>. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Publishers.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Stavitsky, K., Durso, R., & Harris, E. (2010). The impact of clinical and cognitive variables on social functioning in Parkinson’s disease: Patient versus examiner estimates. Parkinson\u2019s Disease, <\/em>Article ID 263083, 6 pages. <\/strong><\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Stavitsky, K., Harris, E., Szent-Imrey, O., & Durso, R. (2010). Mood, side of motor symptom onset and pain complaints in Parkinson\u2019s disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry,25<\/em>, 519-524. PMID: 19711336<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Durso, R., & Harris, E. (2008). Alterations of the sense of self and personality in Parkinson\u2019s Disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 23,<\/em>(1), 79-84.<\/p>\n

Stavitsky, K., McNamara, P., Durso, R., Harris, E., Auerbach, S., & Cronin-Golomb, A. (2008). Hallucinations, dreaming and frequent dozing in Parkinson\u2019s disease: Impact of right-hemisphere neural networks. Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology, 21<\/em>(3), 143-149.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Durso, R., & Harris, E. (2007). \u2018Machiavellianism\u2019 and frontal dysfunction: Evidence from Parkinson\u2019s Disease (PD). Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 12<\/em>(4), 285-300. <\/em><\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Durso, R., & Harris, E. (2006). Life goals of patients with Parkinson\u2019s disease: A pilot study on correlations with mood and cognitive functions. Clinical Rehabilitation, 20,<\/em> 818-826.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Durso, R., & Brown, A. (2006). Religiosity in patients with Parkinson\u2019s disease. Neuropsychiatric Disease & Treatment, 2<\/em>(3), 341-348.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Durso, R., Brown, A., & Harris, E. (2006). The chemistry of religiosity: Evidence from patients with Parkinson\u2019s disease. In P. McNamara (Ed.), Where God and science meet: How brain and evolutionary studies alter our understanding of religion: Volume II: The neurology of religious experience<\/em> (pp. 1-14). Westport, CT and London: Praeger Perspectives.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Durso, R., & Harris, E. (2006). Frontal lobe mediation of the sense of self: Evidence from studies of patients with Parkinson\u2019s disease. In A. P. Prescott (Ed.), The concept of self in medicine and health care<\/em> (pp. 143-161). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., & Durso, R. (2005). Neuropharmacological treatment of mental dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease. Behavioural Neurology, 16,<\/em> 1-9.<\/p>\n

Wegelin, J., McNamara, P., Durso, R., Brown, A., & McLaren, D. (2005). Correlates of excessive daytime sleepiness in Parkinson’s disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 11,<\/em> 441-448.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Durso, R., & Brown, A. (2003). Relation of \u2018sense of self\u2019 to executive function performance in Parkinson\u2019s Disease. Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology, 14,<\/em> 139-148.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Durso, R., Brown, A., & Lynch, A. (2003). Counterfactual cognitive deficit in patients with Parkinson\u2019s disease. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 74,<\/em> 1065-1070.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., & Durso, R. (2003). Pragmatic communication skills in Parkinson\u2019s Disease. Brain & Language, 84,<\/em> 414-423.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Durso, R., & Auerbach, S. (2002). Dopaminergic syndromes of sleep, mood and mentation: Evidence from Parkinson\u2019s disease and related disorders. Sleep and Hypnosis,<\/em> 4(3), 119-131.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., & Durso, R. (2000). Language functions in Parkinson’s Disease: Evidence for a neurochemistry of language. In L. Obler & L.T. Connor (Eds.), Neurobehavior of language and cognition: Studies of normal aging and brain damage<\/em> (pp. 201-212). New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Clark, J., Krueger, M., & Durso, R. (1996). Grammaticality judgments and sentence comprehension in Parkinson’s disease: A comparison with Broca’s aphasia. International Journal of Neuroscience, 86,<\/em> 151-166.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., von Harscher, H., Scioli, T., Krueger, M., Lawson, D., & Durso, R. (1995). The sense of self after brain damage: Evidence from aphasics and individuals with Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Cognitive Rehabilitation, November\/December,<\/em> 16-23.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Obler, L., Au, R., Durso, R., & Albert, M. (1992). Speech monitoring skills in Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s disease and normal aging. Brain & Language, 42,<\/em> 38-51.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., & Durso, R. (1991). Reversible Othello syndrome in a man with Parkinson’s disease. American Journal of Geriatric Neurology & Psychiatry, 4<\/em>(3), 157-159.
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<\/a>Religion<\/strong><\/p>\n

Butler, P. M., McNamara, P., Durso, R. (in press). Side of onset in Parkinson\u2019s Disease and alterations in religiosity: Novel behavioral phenotypes. Behavioral Neurology.<\/em><\/p>\n

McNamara, P., & Butler, P. M. (in press). De-personalization and the psychobiology of evil. In J. Harold Ellens (Ed.), Explaining evil.<\/em> Praeger, CT: Greenwood Press.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., & Butler, P. M. (in press). The neuropsychology of religious experience. In R.F. Paloutzian & C. L. Park (Eds.), The handbook of the psychology of religion<\/em>, 2nd<\/sup> ed. New York: The Guilford Press.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (Ed.). (in press). Religious coping strategies in healthy elderly and in those at risk for dementia.In Dementia: Volume 3: Treatments and developments<\/em>. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Publishers.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., & Wildman, W. J. (in press). On religious consciousness. The International Journal for thePsychology of Religion.<\/em><\/p>\n

McNamara, P., & Burns, J. (in press). Religiosity as protective against addictions in adolescents. In A. Browne-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Miller (Ed.), Addictions <\/em>(4 vols.). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.<\/p>\n

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McNamara, P. (2010). The neuroscience of religious experience<\/em> \u2013 A response to the Runyan-Kreitzer review. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Christian Scholar\u2019s Review, 39<\/em>(4), 479-481.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Burns, J., Johnson, P., & McCorkle, B. H. (2010). How does religiousness protect against risky health behaviors? Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 2<\/em>(1), 30-34.<\/em><\/p>\n

Butler, P. M., McNamara, P., & Durso, R. (2010). Deficits in the automatic activation of religious concepts inpatients with Parkinson\u2019s disease. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16<\/em>(2), 252-261. PMID: 19958570<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (In press). The neuroscience of religious experience<\/em>. New York: Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press<\/a><\/p>\n

Wildman, W., & McNamara, P. (2008). Challenges facing the neurological study of religious behavior, belief and experience. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 20,<\/em> 212-242.<\/p>\n

Harris, E., & McNamara, P. (2008). Is religiousness a biocultural adaptation? In J. Bulbulia, R. Sosis, R. Genet, E. Harris, K. Wyman, & C. Genet (Eds.), The evolution of religion: Studies, theories, and critiques.<\/em> Santa Margarita, CA: Collins Family Foundation.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., & Szent-Imrey, R. (2007). Understanding miracles in relationship to standard religious experiences. In J. H. Ellens (Ed.), The psychology and science of miracle healings, Volume 1: Religious and spiritual events.<\/em> Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (Ed.). (2006). Where God and science meet: How brain and evolutionary studies alter our understanding of religion (3 volumes). Westport, CT and London: Praeger Perspectives. Praeger Publishing<\/a><\/p>\n

Emmons, R., & McNamara, P. (2006). Sacred emotions and affective neuroscience: Gratitude, costly-signaling, and the brain. In P. McNamara (Ed.), Where God and science meet: How brain and evolutionary studies alter our understanding of religion: Volume I: Evolution, genes, and the religious brain<\/em> (pp. 11-30). Westport, CT and London: Praeger Perspectives.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Durso, R., & Brown, A. (2006). Religiosity in patients with Parkinson\u2019s disease. Neuropsychiatric Disease & Treatment, 2<\/em>(3), 341-348.<\/p>\n

Park, C., & McNamara, P. (2006). Religion, meaning, and the brain. In P. McNamara (Ed.), Where God and science meet: How brain and evolutionary studies alter our understanding of religion: Volume III: The psychology of religious experience<\/em> (pp. 67-89). Westport, CT and London: Praeger Perspectives.<\/p>\n

Paloutzian, R., Swenson, E., & McNamara, P. (2006). Religious conversion, spiritual transformation, and the neurocognition of meaning making. In P. McNamara (Ed.), Where God and science meet: How brain and evolutionary studies alter our understanding of religion: Volume II: The neurology of religious experience<\/em> (pp. 151-169). Westport, CT and London: Praeger Perspectives.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Durso, R., Brown, A., & Harris, E. (2006). The chemistry of religiosity: Evidence from patients with Parkinson\u2019s disease. In P. McNamara (Ed.), Where God and science meet: How brain and evolutionary studies alter our understanding of religion: VolumeII: The neurology of religious experience<\/em> (pp. 1-14). Westport, CT and London: Praeger Perspectives.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (Ed.). (2006). The frontal lobes, and the evolution of cooperation and religion. In Where God and science meet: How brain and evolutionary studies alter our understanding of religion: Volume II: The neurology of religious experience<\/em> (pp. 189-204). Westport, CT and London: Praeger Perspectives.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Andresen, J., & Gellard, J. (2003). Relation of religiosity and scores on fluency tests to subjective reports of health in older individuals. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 13<\/em>(4), 259-271.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (2002). The frontal lobes, social intelligence, and religious worship. Ideas for Creative Research in Neurobiology.<\/em> The John Templeton Foundation (pp. 50-59).<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (2002). The motivational origins of religious practices. Zygon: A Journal of Science and Religion, 37<\/em>(1), 143-160.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (2001). Religion and the frontal lobes. In J. Andresen (Ed.), Religion in mind<\/em> (pp. 237-256). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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<\/a>Sleep and Dreams<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

McNamara, P. <\/strong>(in press). Review of The twenty-four hour mind: The role of sleep and dreaming in our \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 emotional lives<\/em> by Rosalind Cartwright. Sleep and Hypnosis.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kookoolis, A., Pace-Schott, E.F., & McNamara, P. (2010). Dream content and memory processing: Dream lag effects within a single night and across several nights. Dreaming, 20<\/em>(3), 211-217.<\/em><\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Johnson, P., McLaren, D., Harris, E., Beauharnais, C., & Auerbach, S. (2010). REM and NREM sleep mentation. International Review of Neurobiology, 92<\/em>, 69-86. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Stavitsky, K., Saurman, J., McNamara, P., & Cronin-Golomb, A. (2010). Sleep in Parkinson’s Disease: A comparison of actigraphy and subjective measures. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, 16<\/em>, 280-283. PMID: 20202887<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Barton, R., & Nunn, C. (Eds.) (2010). Evolution of sleep: Phylogenetic and functional perspectives<\/em>. New York: Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press<\/a><\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Auerbach, S., Johnson, P., Harris, E., & Doros, G. (2010). Impact of REM sleep on distortions of self concept, mood and memory in depressed\/anxious participants. Journal of Affective Disorders, 122<\/em>(3), 198-207. PMID: 19631989<\/p>\n

Bern\u00e1th, I., McNamara, P., Sztern\u00e1k, N., Szak\u00e1cs, Z., K\u00f6ves, P., Terray-Horv\u00e1th, A., & Vida, Z. (2009). Hyperviscosity as a possible cause of positive acoustic evoked potential findings in patients with sleep apnea. Dual electrophysiological and hemorheological study. Sleep Medicine, 10<\/em>(3), 361-367. <\/em>PMID: 18656422<\/p>\n

Capellini, I., McNamara, P., Preston, B. T., Nunn, C. L., & Barton, R. A. (2009). Does sleep play a role in memory consolidation? A comparative test. PLoS ONE, 4<\/em>(2), e4609. <\/em>PMID: 19240803<\/p>\n

Preston, B. T., Capellini, I.,\u00a0 McNamara, P., Barton, R. A., & Nunn, C. L. (2009).\u00a0Parasite resistance and the adaptive significance of sleep. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9,<\/em> 7. PMID: 19134175<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (2008). Nightmares: The science and solution of those frightening visions during sleep.<\/em> Westport, CT: Praeger Perspectives. Praeger Publishing
\n<\/a>Acerbi, A., McNamara, P., & Nunn, C. L. (2008). To sleep or not to sleep: The ecology of sleep in artificial organisms. BMC Ecology, 8<\/em>(10).<\/p>\n

Stavitsky, K., McNamara, P., Durso, R., Harris, E., Auerbach, S., & Cronin-Golomb, A. (2008). Hallucinations, dreaming and frequent dozing in Parkinson\u2019s disease: Impact of right-hemisphere neural networks. Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology, 21<\/em>(3), 143-149.<\/p>\n

Capellini, I., Nunn, C. L., McNamara, P., Preston, B. T., & Barton, R. A. (2008). Energetic constraints, not predation, influence the evolution of sleep patterning in mammals. Functional Ecology, 22<\/em>(5), 847-853.<\/p>\n

Capellini, I., Barton, R. A., Preston, B., McNamara, P., & Nunn, C. L. (2008). Phylogenetic analysis of the ecology and evolution of mammalian sleep. Evolution, 62-7,<\/em> 1764-1776.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Capellini, I., Harris, E., Nunn, C. L., Barton, R. A., & Preston, B. (2008). The phylogeny of sleep database: A new resource for sleep Scientists. The Open Sleep Journal, 1,<\/em> 11-14.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., McLaren, D. & Durso, K. (2007). Representation of the Self in REM and NREM Dreams. Dreaming<\/em>, 17(2): 113-126.<\/p>\n

Barrett, D., & McNamara, P. (Eds.). (2007). The new science of dreaming<\/em> (3 volumes). Westport, CT and London: Praeger Perspectives. Praeger Publishing<\/a><\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Nunn, C., Barton, R., Harris, E., & Capellini, I. (2007). Phylogeny of sleep and dreams. In D. Barrett & P. McNamara (Eds.), The new science of dreaming<\/em> (Volume I, Chp. 3). Westport, CT and London: Praeger Perspectives.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Harris, E., & Kookoolis, A. (2007). Costly signaling theory of dream recall and dream sharing. In D. Barrett & P. McNamara (Eds.), The new science of dreaming<\/em> (Volume III, Chp. 7). Westport, CT and London: Praeger Perspectives.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., McLaren, D., Kowalczyk, S., & Pace-Schott, E. (2007). \u2018Theory of Mind\u2019 in REM and NREM dreams. In D. Barrett & P. McNamara (Eds.), The new science of dreaming<\/em> (Volume I, Chp. 13). Westport, CT and London: Praeger Perspectives.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., & Szent-Imrey, R. (2007). Costly signaling theory of REM sleep and dreams. Evolutionary Psychology, 5<\/em>(1), 28-44.<\/p>\n

Wegelin, J., McNamara, P., Durso, R., Brown, A., & McLaren, D. (2005). Correlates of excessive daytime sleepiness in Parkinson’s disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 11,<\/em> 441-448.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., McLaren, D., Smith, D., Brown, A. & Stickgold, R. (2005). A “Jekyll and Hyde” within: Aggressive versus friendly social interactions in REM and NREM dreams.” Psychological Science, 16<\/em>(2), 130-136.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (2004). Genomic imprinting and neurodevelopmental disorders of sleep. Sleep and Hypnosis, 6<\/em>(2), 82-90.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (2004). An evolutionary psychology of sleep and dreams.<\/em> Westport: Praeger\/Greenwood Press\/Praeger. Praeger Publishing<\/a><\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Belsky, J., & Fearon, P. (2003). Infant sleep disorders and attachment: Sleep problems in infants with insecure-resistant versus insecure-avoidant attachments to mother. Sleep & Hypnosis, 5<\/em>(1), 7-16.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Durso, R., & Auerbach, S. (2002). Dopaminergic syndromes of sleep, mood, and mentation: Evidence from Parkinson’s disease and related disorders. Sleep & Hypnosis, 4<\/em>(4), 119-131.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Dowdall, J., & Auerbach, S. (2002). REM sleep, early experience, and the development of reproductive strategies. Human Nature, 13<\/em>(4), 405-435.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Andresen, J., Arrowood, J., & Messer, G. (2002). Counterfactual cognitive operations in dreams. Dreaming, 12<\/em>(3), 121-133.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Andresen, J., Clark, J., Zborowski, M., & Duffy, C. (2001). Impact of attachment styles on dream recall and dream content: A test of the attachment hypothesis of REM sleep. Journal of Sleep Research, 10,<\/em> 117-127.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (2000). Counterfactual thought in dreams. Dreaming, 10<\/em>(4), 232-245.<\/p>\n

Zborowski, M., & McNamara, P. (1998). Attachment hypothesis of REM sleep: Toward an integration of psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and evolutionary psychology and the implications for psychopathology research. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 15<\/em>(1), 115-140.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P., Clark, J., & Hartmann, E. (1998). Handedness and dream content. Dreaming, 8<\/em>(1), 15-22.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (1996). Bergson’s theory of dreaming. Dreaming, 6<\/em>(3), 173-186.<\/p>\n

McNamara, P. (1996). REM sleep: A social bonding mechanism. New Ideas in Psychology, 14<\/em>(1), 35-46.
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