"He married her to keep her from getting away. Now she’s there all day."
-Philip Larkin, Romanticynical Poet
This sentiment, equally applicable to men as to women, is as good a place as any to start a blog dedicated to love, romance, and sex as they really are-not the pure joy the romantics promise, nor the pure [...]
What is depression? Is it a disease? A mental disorder? A brain dysfunction? A psychological syndrome? An existential or spiritual crisis? Several of my fellow PT bloggers posted on depression recently. I want to discuss depression here as a clinical and forensic psychologist who has been practicing psychotherapy for more than three decades.
For me, the [...]
Immediately after Sarah Palin’s surprise emergence as the Republican vice-presidential candidate, comparisons to Dan Quayle began. What interests me as a memory researcher is how soon people began to recall the famous exchange during the 1988 vice-presidential debate between Senator Quayle and Senator Bentsen, the Democratic candidate. Bentsen’s rebuke of Quayle has become more [...]
Back in the 1800’s, scientists marveled at the movement of large flocks of birds. Imagine hundreds of birds all taking flight at the same time. The patterns that the flock generates are amazing, shifting and transforming from one shape to the next. It makes you wonder how each individual bird can possibly play a part [...]
Hillary Clinton and her supporters have been talking about the 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling. It is wonderful to see opportunities open up around the country for women to take part in every facet of life that was traditionally dominated by men. Yet, we still find that women are under-represented in math and [...]
