People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast

Nostalgia and our attraction to the past, with Jannine Lasaleta

September 15, 2021 Zachary Elwood Episode 54
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast
Nostalgia and our attraction to the past, with Jannine Lasaleta
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A talk with Jannine Lasaleta, who has researched the psychological effects of nostalgia, including how nostalgic feelings make people more loose and uncaring with money.  We talk about the connection between our desire for nostalgia and our desire to engage in old-fashioned or ancient or "authentic" activities . We talk about how our attraction for these things might be connected to our search for meaning, our desire to have a consistent and stable sense of self, and our attempt to fend off existential anxieties related to meaninglessness and isolation. 

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