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Writing for The Conversation, J. Kim Penberthy, a neurobehavioral scientist in University of Virginia’s School of Medicine, explains that regret can negatively affect your physical health and shares ...

Around 1 in 3 college graduates regret their degrees, primarily due to the financial strain. Should degrees become a thing of ...

Regret is one of the most powerful human emotions. It is difficult to forget and tough to overcome. When left unchecked, regret can become paralyzing and prevent you from moving forward. It can lock ...

A friend of mine—we will call him “Jay”—was working for IBM in New York City in the early ’90s. He was a computer programmer and made a good salary. Occasionally, competitors and startups approached ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nirit Cohen covers the Future of Work, bridging trends with solutions. What if your biggest career regret isn’t quitting—but ...

Transitioning into motherhood, Tanya felt a measure of what she calls ‘identity erasure’: the loss of her past self and all she had prioritized and enjoyed, such as making music and teaching ...

What hurts more than those pangs of regret? It's one of the worst feelings in the world, right? But I've got a surprise for you — regret can be a good thing. In fact, sometimes you enjoy it. Sound ...

A new study has found that the level of regret reported by transgender individuals following gender-affirming surgery is less than 1%, which is significantly lower than the regret associated with ...

Cost-benefit analyses in everyday decision making are often difficult because our evidence about future outcomes is incomplete or, at best, probabilistic. According to standard economic theory, ...