Thursday, July 7, 2011

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


Why Music Takes Us Back


When You're Having Fun


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


How the Brain Stops Time


Time Travel: The Trip of a Lifetime


Future Nostalgia and Defensively Using the Instant Moment
Longing for a tomorrow that housed human imagination.

The Red Scare
What the fear entails

Were the youth of yesterday better than the youth of today?
Living in the past can keep you from appreciating the joys of the present

Tracking your travels through time: The benefits of writing in diaries
Want to keep a diary? There's an app for that!

The Good Old Days Were Awful
Why the grass seems greener in other centuries

Old fashioned Letters and Ponderosa Pines: Musings on Time and Communication
Unlike social media, letters disperse ideas across time, not just space.

Life in Balance: Timely Makeover
Do you dwell in the past? Seize each day? Know what's on the docket for November 2020? Shifting your time orientation could be the key to embracing and enjoying a busy life.

Can an Ad Rewrite Your Childhood?
How commercials warp your memories—and make you spend.

Past Perfect: Why Bad Memories Fade
Your mind is biased toward the good ol' days.

Do You Live in the Past, Present, or Future?
Changing how you think about time changes your life.

7 Surprising Facts About Remembering
Can you remember to forget? Or forget to remember?

7 Ways to Stretch Time
You can learn to stretch time and be more creative.

Thinking About Tomorrow to Guide You Today
The value of a future time orientation

Nostalgia: On the Wistful Presence of Absence
What's the downside of reminiscence?

Creating Believable Flashbacks
Create real memories, says sci-fi author Samuel R. Delany.

Why Do Some Songs Stick in Our Minds Forever?
Like them or not, it's as if they're imprinted there.

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