From “affect” and “effect,” where one has an A and one an E, to “let’s” and “lets,” where that little apostrophe makes a big difference, English is filled with pairs of similar words you’re probably ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Whether you’re a skeptic or a believer, past-life memories have fascinated ...

“Never turn back and never believe that an hour you remember is a better hour because it is dead. Passed years seem safe ones, vanquished ones, while the future lives in a cloud, formidable from a ...

For more than a century, memory research has focused on the past. Psychologists have analysed the cognitive processes that allow individuals to retain past experiences, and neuroscientists have ...

In a way, all of us are time travelers. If we just pause and close our eyes we can wander back to our first kiss...our first breakup...that grandparent we should have visited...the summer that went on ...

So-called haunting memories can trouble people for years and, in some cases, can contribute to the symptoms of depression. Recall an experience in which you lost a friend, were in an accident, or were ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Betsy began her career in international finance and it has since grown into a comprehensive ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Past service refers to the period of employment prior to an employee’s participation in a ...