Founding Director Patrick McNamara and Co-Author Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences Special Issue: The Evolution of Language June 2018 Abstract: The mesocortical dopaminergic system innervates two major forebrain networks important in language processing: the frontal–parietal network (FPN) and the ‘social brain’…
Doctoral Fellows Jonathan Morgan and Chris Halloran, Founding Director Patrick McNamara, Executive Director Wesley Wildman, Research Assistant April Minsky and Co-Authors Neuropsychologia August 2016 Abstract: The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that religious primes would influence…
Doctoral Fellow Jonathan Morgan, Founding Director Dr. Patrick McNamara and Co-Authors Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine Volume 13.3 July 5, 2016 Abstract: We present the case of a 78-year-old male who, 16 years ago, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD)…
Founding Director Patrick McNamara, Post-Doctoral Fellow Erica Harris and Co-Author Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition May 4, 2016 Abstract: Possible selves can be used to self-regulate and guide behavior towards what is desired to be achieved or avoided in life. Previous work…
Founding Director Patrick McNamara Sacred Spaces Volume 7 2015 Abstract: The neuroscience literature supports the idea that spiritual transformation is a powerful behavioral and cognitive change process involving fundamental alterations in the sense of self. Brain regions that are known to mediate the…