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Tag: Patrick McNamara
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: The Dopamine System, Parkinson’s Disease and Language Function
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[…]
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New Publication: Impacts of Religious Semantic Priming
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[…]
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New Publication: A Potential Case of Remission of Parkinson’s Disease
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[…]
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New Publication: Possible Selves in Patients with Right- Versus Left-Onset Parkinson’s Disease
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[…]
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