Virtual reality therapy for nightmare disorder
Designing cutting-edge technology to understand human cognition We’ve all experienced it. A terrifying monster is chasing you. You try to run but your legs won’t work. It’s as if you’re[…]
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Category: VR for Nightmare Disorder
Do nightmares frequently interrupt your sleep?
CMAC is conducting a study on frequent nightmares in people over 65 years old as part of Dr. Patrick McNamara’s project Neurocomputational Modeling of Nightmare Disorder. We are gathering information[…]
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Tracking our research on VR therapy for nightmare disorders
CMAC has been developing a novel program to help those suffering from Chronic Nightmare Disorder. Led by Dr. Patrick McNamara, our Rescript team uses Oculus Rift virtual reality technology to[…]
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A Neurocomputational Theory of Nightmares: The role of formal properties of nightmare images
Patrick McNamara, Wesley J Wildman, George Hodulik, David Rohr SLEEP Advances Study Objectives: To test and extend Levin & Nielsen’s (2007) Affective Network Dysfunction (AND) model with nightmare disorder (ND) image characteristics, and[…]
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New Publication: Virtual reality-enabled treatment of nightmares
Founding Director Patrick McNamara, Doctoral Fellow Kendra Holt Moore, Collaborating Specialist Yianis Papelis, Director Siakou Diallo, and Executive Director Wesley J. Wildman Dreaming, Vol 28(3) September 2018 Abstract: We pilot tested[…]
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