Patrick McNamara
· Associate ProfessorUniversity of Minnesota · History
Active 1975–2025
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About
Patrick McNamara is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Minnesota. His academic role involves teaching and research within the department, which is committed to providing students with an understanding of the past through diverse and interdisciplinary research interests. As part of his professional responsibilities, he contributes to the department's mission of supporting student learning and scholarly inquiry.
Research topics
- Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Epistemology
- Cognitive science
- Sociology
- Social psychology
- Social Science
- Art
- Cognitive psychology
- Literature
Selected publications
Religion Brain & Behavior · 2023 · 5 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingWe selectively review existing neuroscience research on theistic relational cognition—construed as ritual practices directed toward supernatural agents. We present a tentative framework rooted in cultural and evolutionary models of religion for understanding the disparate findings of emerging neuroscience research on theistic cognition. We propose (with E. B. Davis et al. [2018]) that theistic cognition involves both experiential and group-sanctioned doctrinal representations of supernatural age…
Dreaming · 2025-04-24 · 1 citations
article1st authorCorrespondingThe “demonic” in dreams and nightmares.
Dreaming · 2025-06-09
article1st authorCorresponding
Recent grants
NIH · $447k · 2009
NIH · $1.4M · 2011
NIH · $936k · 2007
Frequent coauthors
- 65 shared
Raymon Durso
University of Molise
- 32 shared
Erica Harris
- 31 shared
Charles L. Nunn
Duke Institute for Health Innovation
- 21 shared
Jordan Grafman
- 19 shared
Wesley J. Wildman
- 17 shared
Sanford Auerbach
Framingham Heart Study
- 15 shared
Paul Butler
- 14 shared
Deirdre McLaren
VA New England Healthcare System
Awards & honors
- Arthur "Red" Motley Exemplary Teaching Award, College of Lib…
- University of Minnesota Community-Engaged Scholar Award (202…
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