Areas of Expertise:
- Health psychology
- Neuropsychology
- Evolutionary psychology
- Social Neuroscience
- Sleep and dreams
- Psychology of Religion
Education:
- BA Psychology Boston University Boston MA
- MA Theology St Joesphs College Maine
- Ph.D. Human Neuropsychology/Behavioral Neuroscience Boston University Boston MA
Dissertation:
- A psycholinguistic analysis of processing deficits in Korsakoff amnesia.
Research Areas of Interest:
- Health Psychology
- Sleep and Dreams
- Psychology of Religion
- Psychology of Aging
- Neuropsychology
Select Publications:
- McNamara, P. (2020). Religion, neuroscience and the Self: A new personalism. Routledge, London UK.
- McNamara, P. (2019). Neuroscience of Sleep and Dreams. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press
- McNamara, P. Duffy-Deno, K., Marsh, T. and Marsh Jr T. (2019). Dream content analysis using artificial intelligence. International Journal of Dream Research Volume 12, No. 1, 1-11.
- McNamara, P and Durso R. (2018). The dopamine system, Parkinson's Disease and language function. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 21, 1-5, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.10.010
- McNamara, P., Moore, K. H., Papelis, Y., Diallo, S., & Wildman, W. J. (2018). Virtual reality-enabled treatment of nightmares. Dreaming, 28(3), 205–224. https://doi.org/10.1037/drm0000088
These are a recent part of over 150 publications.
Selected Professional Experience:
- Founding editor: Religion, Brain and Behavior (Richard Sosis and Wesley Wildman, Coeditors) http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rrbb20
- Teaching experience: I have taught most standard undergraduate psych courses and many graduate level seminars in psychology at several universities.
- Founding editor: Religion, Brain and Behavior (Richard Sosis and Wesley Wildman, Coeditors) http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rrbb20
- Teaching experience: I have taught most standard undergraduate psych courses and many graduate level seminars in psychology at several universities.
MEMBERSHIPS PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- 2012-present International Association for Science and Religion
- 2009-2018 Movement Disorders Society
- 2008-present American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- 2008-2010 American Psychological Association, Division 36, Psychology of Religion
- 2008-present American Psychological Association
- 2008-2010 American Academy of Neurology Professional Association
- 2007-2009 International Behavioral Neuroscience Society
- 2007-2010 Human Behavior and Evolution Society
- 2007-2010 American Academy of Neurology
- 2005-2010 American Psychiatric Society
- 2004-2010 Sleep Research Society
- 2000-present Association for the Study of Dreams
- 1995-2010 International Neuropsychological Society
- 2007-2008 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
- 2007-2008 International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion
- 1997-2004 Association of Health Services Research
- 2010-present Blog at Psychology Today magazine on Neuroscience of sleep and dreams http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dream-catcher