Hey—We're All Time Travelers

The human mind has the unique ability to go back and forth in time.

How Nostalgia Makes You Happy

Naturally nostalgic people have high self-esteem and are less prone to depression.
by Marina Krakovsky

Why Music Takes Us Back

Using tunes to perk up your memory.
by Kimberly Sena Moore

When You're Having Fun

How environment and mood affect the passage of time.
by Jill Coody Smits

It's Magical...It's Malleable. It's...Memory

It's complex and evanescent, yet memory builds that about us which seems most solid—our sense of self.
by Jill Neimark

How the Brain Stops Time

It's a side effect of intense fear
by Jeff Wise

Time Travel: The Trip of a Lifetime

Buckle in, your mind's going forward and backward in time.
by Richard E. Cytowic, M.D.

Memory

Memory makes us. If we couldn't recall the who's, what's, where's, and when's of our everyday lives, we'd never be able to manage. We mull over ideas in the present with our short-term (or working) memory, while we store past events and learned meanings in our long-term (episodic or semantic) memory.

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