Some Americans seem enamored with past versions of our society. At first glance, this fixation appears harmless. After all, memory plays a pivotal role in shaping our personality and cultural identity ...

Why certain memories stay with us for a lifetime and what sparks them.

Fifty years ago, the George Lucas film “American Graffiti,” an homage to his high school days of cruising hot rods and ’50s rock music, revved up the age of nostalgia. People had already been pining ...

Not long after Ronald Reagan first became president, the poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron recorded a single called “‘B’ Movie” that attributed the Gipper’s appeal to various factors, but most of all ...

Nobody is more nostalgic than diarists, who believe that no moment has been fully lived until it’s been recorded and made available for later reawakening. And, for both diarists and non-diarists, ...