Newstalk 870 KFLD: The Mid Columbia's Newstalk Leader » nostalgia http://newstalk870.am Sun, 19 May 2013 03:26:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Why Do the Holidays Make Us So Nostalgic? http://newstalk870.am/holidays-nostalgic/ http://newstalk870.am/holidays-nostalgic/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:00:16 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=67276 There’s something about the holiday season that often makes us all a little nostalgic. And it’s not just the result of carefully-crafted marketing by retailers — psychological experts say that wistful feeling has an actual purpose.

Krystine Batcho, a professor of psychology at Le Moyne College in New York, says nostalgia helps us feel connected to one another and can even ease pain during a crisis.

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