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Dr Adam McNamara PhD

Hi, I'm an brain imaging specialist who lectured in biopsychology who decided to explore my more creative side and become a science communicator.  Prior to working in neuroscience for 15 years I spent six years teaching English as a foreign language in USA, Vietnam, Ecuador, Mexico & Japan. My most interesting paper is on memes and neuroscience and my favourite video is this one.

adamjonmcnamara@gmail.com

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13 Rue Carnot, 30470, Aimargues, France.

Tel: +33 7 83 46 78 52

Education

Employment History

First author / shared first authorship peer reviewed articles.

• Pierzycki RH, McNamara A, Hoare DJ, Hall DA (2016) Whole scalp resting state EEG of oscillatory brain activity shows no parametric relationship with psychoacoustic and psychosocial assessment of tinnitus: A repeated measures study. Hear Res. 2016 Jan;331:101-8. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2015.11.003.

• McNamara A, Moakes K, Aston P, Gavin C, Sterr A. (2014) The importance of the derivative in sex-hormone cycles: a reason why behavioural measures in sex-hormone studies are so mercurial. PLoS One. 2014 Nov 26;9(11):e111891. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111891. eCollection 2014.

• McNamara A (2011) Can we measure memes? Front Evol Neurosci. 2011 May 25;3:1. doi: 10.3389/fnevo.2011.00001

• Szameitat AJ, McNamara A, Shen S, Sterr A. (2012) Neural activation and functional connectivity during motor imagery of bimanual everyday actions. PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e38506.

• McNamara A, Buccino G, Menz MM, Gläscher J, Wolbers T, Baumgärtner A, Binkofski F. (2008) Neural dynamics of learning sound-action associations. PLoS One. 2008;3(12):e3845.

• McNamara A, Tegenthoff M, Dinse H, Büchel C, Binkofski F, Ragert P. (2007) Increased functional connectivity is crucial for learning novel muscle synergies. Neuroimage. 2007 Apr 15;35(3):1211-8.

Additional Information

● Fluent Spanish / Conversational German / Basic French (currently studying)

● Full driving licence.

● Open, honest, Dad of four, well-travelled, midnight oil burner, and generally happy.