Patrick McNamara

Virtual reality therapy for nightmare disorder

February 28, 2023 Jessie Saeli Research Summaries, VR 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[…]

5 media mentions in 2021

December 23, 2021 Nicole Smith Latest Updates

In addition to conducting research, we need to communicate it. Project-specific communication, in the form of blog posts, newsletters, and social media can advance understanding, inform future donors, and enact[…]

Tracking our research on VR therapy for nightmare disorders

October 28, 2021 Mabel Bassi Research Reports, VR for Nightmare Disorder

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[…]

A Neurocomputational Theory of Nightmares: The role of formal properties of nightmare images

July 15, 2021 Administrator Latest Updates, Publications, VR for Nightmare Disorder

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[…]

New Publication: The Dopamine System, Parkinson’s Disease and Language Function

June 1, 2018 Administrator Neuroscience and Religious Cognition in Parkinson's, Past Projects, Publications

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[…]

New Publication: Impacts of Religious Semantic Priming

August 1, 2016 Administrator Neuroscience and Religious Cognition in Parkinson's, Past Projects, Publications

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[…]

New Publication: A Potential Case of Remission of Parkinson’s Disease

July 5, 2016 Administrator Neuroscience and Religious Cognition in Parkinson's, Past Projects, Publications

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[…]