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Does Nostalgia Have a Psychological Purpose? with Krystine Batcho, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

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Are We Retrieving Memories of the Good Old Days?

The 19 fifties are glamorized as being this ideal moment in time, a probably immortalized in a show like lebet leave it to beavers. Are we overly romanticizing that period of time in this country to day? That is an excellent question. And one of the reasons i find nastalgia so fascinating is because i have an interest in connecting the theoretical research in the laboratory to people's lived experiences.

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