Biography
Dr. Mohammad Nami is an Associate Professor/Chair of Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology at the School of Health Sciences and Psychology, Canadian University Dubai. Dr Nami is an associate member of the Harvard Medical School Alumni, and member of the Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs. Mohammad Nami is the Director of the Brain, Cognition, and Behavior Unit at the BrainHub UAE, as well as former Head of the Department of Neuroscience and Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology Affairs, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.
His main areas of research and clinical practice are medical/cognitive neuroscience, cognitive neuropsychology, neuroscience of sleep, neuro-cognitive fitness, neurological aspects of sleep disorders and related interventions. He believes that mental health and sleep health awareness need to be copromoted, as one does not come without the other. As such, his career has been dedicated to helping people achieve their infinite brain/cognitive, and affective potentials in relation to sleep and mental aptitude.
H-Index: 27, i10-Index: 77, Number of peer-reviewed publications: 173 (August 2025)
Academic Publications
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Nami, M., Peebles, D., Thabtah, F., & Kamalov, F. (2026). RDoC-informed explainable AI as a paradigm for multilevel Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and progression prediction: A systematic review. Brain Informatics, 13(1), Article 28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40708-026-00310-4
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Yahyavi, S.-S., Nami, M., Masjoodi, S., Kamali, A.-M., Yalmeh, R., & Namavar, M. R. (2026). Effects of multisession frontoparietal network anodal tDCS and cognitive rehabilitation on subjective cognitive impairment: A double-blind RCT. BMC Neurology, 26(1), Article 386. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-026-04806-8
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Vatankhah, P., Nami, M., Khosravi, M. B., Jaberi, A. R., Jaberi, K. R., Alamdari-Plangi, V., Haghighi, M. R., Tajbakhsh, A., & Eghbal, M. H. (2026). The impact of sleep disturbance on post-transplant recovery and quality of life: Neural mechanisms and translational management strategies. Behavioural Brain Research, 497, 115870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2025.115870
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Zeine, F., Qatanany, B., Sahinoglu, S., & Nami, M. (2026). Multimodal neurofunctional assessment of a single-session awareness integration therapy outcomes: A case study. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10484-026-09775-9
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Nami, M., Wang, D. O., Yoon, K.-J., Sreedharan, S. K., Shaker, M., Raymond, J., Rokers, B., Rosenblum, K., Melcher, D., Lee, Y.-S., Lai, K.-O., Kheirbek, M., Kida, S., Kaang, B.-K., Inokuchi, K., Hirase, H., Hayashi, Y., Frankland, P., Chaudhury, D., Bredy, T., Banerjee, S., & Abel, T. (2026). Bridging neurobiological mechanisms and translational applications in cognitive science: Inspirations from the MCCS-NYUAD meeting 2025. Molecular Brain, 19(1), 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13041-026-01281-7
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Rao, J. K. S., Emani, L. S., Padhi, S., Sharafkhaneh, A., Nami, M., & Rao, K. S. J. (2026). Sleep, emotional regulation, and limbic-cortical dynamics: From basic mechanisms to clinical translation. Progress in Brain Research, 299, 177–215. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2026.07.002
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Yasser, E., Ayache, L., El Khayat, H., Qatanany, B., Sharafkhaneh, A., Rao, K. S. J., & Nami, M. (2026). Sleep and memory consolidation: Neural and cognitive perspectives. Progress in Brain Research, 299, 137–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2026.07.001
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Hares, H., Kaur, S., Abounajmi, E., Qatanany, B., Sharafkhaneh, A., Rao, K. S. J., & Nami, M. (2026). Sleep, attention, and executive function in health and disease. Progress in Brain Research, 299, 217–247. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2026.07.004
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Rozaik, M., Alhashmi, A., Aljallad, M., Qatanany, B., Rao, K. S. J., & Nami, M. (2026). Neuroanatomy of dreaming and REM phenomenology. Progress in Brain Research, 299, 97–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2026.07.005
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Salim, M., Qatanany, B., Sharafkhaneh, A., Rao, K. S. J., & Nami, M. (2026). Neural mechanisms and architecture of sleep. Progress in Brain Research, 299, 1–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2026.07.006
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Kumar, A. A., Trasorras, E. C., Haitham, N., Qatanany, B., Sharafkhaneh, A., Rao, K. S. J., & Nami, M. (2026). Brain oscillations and sleep microarchitecture: From EEG to fMRI. Progress in Brain Research, 299, 51–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2026.07.003
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Aslani, A., Khademian, F., Ravangard, R., Nami, M., Jafari, P., & Bastani, P. (2025). The effectiveness of a web application (Naranj) for stress management among college students during COVID-19 outbreak: a randomized clinical trial. Current Psychology, 44(23), 18427-18437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08054-w
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Tomaraei, S. N., Ahmed, M., & Nami, M. (2025). Circadian disruption in astronauts: Causes, molecular mechanisms, and neurocognitive consequences. Chronobiology International, 42(12), 1615-632. https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2025.2569695
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Baghaei Behzadi, T., Ahmed, M., & Nami, M. (2025). Comparative analysis of sleep bioparameters in chronic insomnia disorder with and without obsessive-compulsive disorder: A polysomnography-informed report. Sleep Vigilance, 9(2), 239-251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41782-025-00319-5
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Sinaei, E., Nami, M., & Saadat, Z. (2025). Cortical activity during postural recovery under dual-task conditions: A quantitative EEG study. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 16(4), 777–786. https://doi.org/10.32598/bcn.2025.7028.1