Timeless Treasures: The Nostalgic Quest of Art Collectors

Nostalgia plays a crucial role in the collection of art, affecting collectors on emotional, psychological, and financial levels.

Nostalgia plays a crucial role in the collection of art, affecting collectors on emotional, psychological, and financial levels.

The Psychological Benefits of Nostalgic Music

Nostalgia improves well-being and helps us cope with life’s stressors.

Nostalgia improves well-being and helps us cope with life’s stressors.

Memory and Musical Experience

When we listen to a certain song from years ago, we seem to travel back to that moment.

When we listen to a certain song from years ago, we seem to travel back to that moment.

Why Random Memories Flash Into Our Heads

A psychologist's daily commute sheds new light on how often we're struck by involuntary autobiographical memories and the surprising things that trigger them.

A psychologist's daily commute sheds new light on how often we're struck by involuntary autobiographical memories and the surprising things that trigger them.

Editing Your Autobiography

Our memories can change without our intent, but we also know that some people actively modify them. Such changes are usually inconsequential, but sometimes things get complicated.

Our memories can change without our intent, but we also know that some people actively modify them. Such changes are usually inconsequential, but sometimes things get complicated.

Understanding the Nostalgic Brain

A proposed "neural model of nostalgia" explores what’s going on in our brains when we’re reliving happy moments from our past.

A proposed "neural model of nostalgia" explores what’s going on in our brains when we’re reliving happy moments from our past.

Is a Happy Day Filled with Happy Moments?

How do the feelings you have in a day affect your overall impression of it?

How do the feelings you have in a day affect your overall impression of it?

Do You Have Memories You Wish You Could Forget?

Much effort has been devoted to enhancing memory, but many people suffer from not being able to forget painful experiences. If you could erase a memory from your brain, would you?

Much effort has been devoted to enhancing memory, but many people suffer from not being able to forget painful experiences. If you could erase a memory from your brain, would you?

Why High School Stays with You Forever (Like It or Not)

Is it the collision between evolved psychological mechanisms and the nature of the modern high school that is to blame for the dogged persistence of high school memories?

Is it the collision between evolved psychological mechanisms and the nature of the modern high school that is to blame for the dogged persistence of high school memories?