Patrick McNamara, PhD, is Director of the Evolutionary Neurobehavior Laboratory in the 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, 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.
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The Spiritual Senses: Perceiving God in Western Christianity Buy the Book
An Evolutionary Psychology of Sleep and Dreams Buy the Book
Nightmares: The Science and Solution of Those Frightening Visions during Sleep (Brain, Behavior, and Evolution) Buy the Book
Model Theory of Groups and Automorphism Groups (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series) Buy the Book
Spirit Possession and Exorcism [2 volumes]: History, Psychology, and Neurobiology (Brain, Behavior, and Evolution) Buy the Book
Science and the World's Religions [3 volumes] (Brain, Behavior, and Evolution) Buy the Book
Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams [2 volumes]: The Evolution, Function, Nature, and Mysteries of Slumber Buy the Book
The Cognitive Neuropsychiatry of Parkinson's Disease (The MIT Press) Buy the Book
An Evolutionary Psychology of Leader-Follower Relations Buy the Book
