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Reunions and reboots provided comfort during Covid but is it wise to keep looking back?

War, two years of Covid rules, and economic woes have sent a number of holidaymakers back in time to recreate the travels of their childhood

Having a psychopathic personality appears to hamper professional success, according to new research published in Personality and Individual Differences. The findings cast doubt on the alleged benefits of psychopathy in the workplace. ...

A Little Nostalgia Goes a Long Way, Wonderful walk down memory lane

A new article published in the academic journal Personality and Individuals Differences casts doubt on a widely held assumption in the professional world — that cold and unsympathetic individuals are more likely to rise to the top of the …

Political Nostalgia Predicts Political Outcomes Study Uncovers Reasons Why If You Loved Obama, You Likely Detest Trump Nostalgia for the administration of President Obama predicted negative attitudes toward the Trump presidency. Adam Fetterman, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Houston, is reporting the impact of political nostalgia on future political attitudes. Nostalgia, defined as a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, has become a growing focus of res...

In pandemic pause, nostalgia is just a ‘Phantom’ puff away July 24, 2021, 9:16 PM IST Twinkle Khanna aka Mrs Funnybones crafts satirical stories and funny fables when she is not running a design business, selling candles or running in circles around her small but rather odd family. She narrowly escaped a gruesome tragedy when Bollywood tried to bludgeon her brain to the size of a pea, but she ducked at the right moment and escaped miraculously unharmed; she is now a popula...

Nostalgia it seems is in fashion but why are we so desperate to cling to the past while living in a time when technological advancements are moving at rapid speed?

By Martin T Brooks The Leavesden Asylum/Hospital and Annex in 1937 and, inset, historian and author Martin T Brooks. Photos courtesy Leavesden Hospital History Association During a recent conversation with Sarah Priestly, curator of Watford Museum and Watford Council heritage manager, the question came up, as it does when two or more history buffs gather together: "Why do we spend so much time studying history/heritage? After all, its ju...

Why big tech wants you to feel nostalgic Old memories construct your sense of self. But what if the way you remember them is being manipulated? Seeing pictures of ourselves from earlier times makes people feel less lonely and more optimistic about the future. They feel connected to their past selves and by extension, their future selves.  Eleanor Peake Share In 2011, a small start-up in New York launched a photo app. Well, something more like a social media archive. Every day the app curated a...