Gramercy Psych

05/05/2016

Humans exhibit a sleep pattern similar to animals that rest only one side of their brain at a time when we sleep in new places.

05/05/2016

Scientists have identified a new therapy for Alzheimer’s—one that could potentially treat the disease at any stage.

05/05/2016

The best treatment for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in young kids is therapy - for the parents - federal health experts said Tuesday.

04/06/2016

Gramercy Psychological Services

01/15/2011

David Brooks talks about how our cultural bias is largely about "statue" and little about "quo." As a New Yorker and Manhattanite to boot, I could really resonate with this piece.

Online version of the weekly magazine, with current articles, cartoons, blogs, audio, video, slide shows, an archive of articles and abstracts back to 1925

01/15/2011

This Compatibility Quiz from Attached: The Book is worth checking out!

01/15/2011

is working with Chief Amusement Designer on my new site.

01/08/2011

Check out Shape Shifting 2011: Veteran Voices hosted by New York Theatre Workshop (79 E. 4th St) Monday January 10 at 7 pm. One Night Only! Innovative theatre-makers share excerpts from and discuss their recent work about lives transformed by war. This is a must see!

Emily Ackerman and KJ Sanchez, ReEntry Directed by KJ Sanchez with Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris, Joseph Harrell, Bobby Moreno, PJ Sosko, Sheila Tapia

01/08/2011

While this article was published back in 2003 in Time, it's worth another look. Who says that psychoanalysis is only relevant to Woody Allen movies?

In the age of happy pills and quick fixes, the talking cure still has something to offer

01/08/2011

This is only for the real geeks: Freudian constructs such as primary process thinking, the id, ego, etc. appear to have REAL neurobiological substrates. I'm delighted that neuroscience of the 21st century has finally caught up with psychoanalysis of the early 20th century!

This article explores the notion that Freudian constructs may have neurobiological substrates. Specifically, we propose that Freud’s descriptions of the primary and secondary processes are consistent with self-organized activity in hierarchical cortical syst

01/07/2011

Who would ever believe that the SMELL of a woman's tears lowers a man's testosterone level?? (Probably most men...)

Female tears had physiological effects on men who smelled them: It lowered their sexual arousal and decreased testosterone levels, according to a new study. Though study participants didn't notice a particular smell, researchers say there must be a chemical in the tears causing the effects.