{"id":8635,"date":"2018-10-10T15:07:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T15:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=8635"},"modified":"2018-10-10T15:07:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T15:07:24","slug":"8635","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2018\/10\/10\/8635\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychology prof Bridget Robinson-Riegler explains nostalgia and the return of “Murphy Brown”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bridget Robinson-Riegler on WCCO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The recent comeback of\u00a0the hit TV show \u201cMurphy Brown\u201d stirred up some warm memories among fans after 20 years of being off the air.<\/p>\n

So, why does nostalgia feel so good<\/span><\/span>? WCCO’s\u00a0Heather Brown talked with\u00a0Bridget Robinson-Riegler, professor of psychology at Â̲èÖ±²¥, about the psychology behind the feeling of nostalgia that certain past memories\u00a0make us feel.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we are depressed, feeling alone, feeling angst-ridden, we turn to nostalgia because that makes us feel better,\u201d\u00a0Robinson-Riegler told WCCO. “When we think back to our past, the neural substrates, the things responsible for how people construct memories of the past, are the same mechanisms by which people project about the future.<\/p>\n

Watch the full report at the WCCO website<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Pioneer Press<\/em>\u00a0reported earlier this year about the trend of the \u201900s back in television.<\/p>\n

Given the high demand for reboots, relaunches and remakes, Ross Raihala, of the Pioneer Press,<\/em> interviewed Robinson-Riegler about what she describes as a \u201creminiscence bump.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMost memories come from age 10 to age 30 or so,\u201d said Robinson-Riegler, in the article. Many network executives are of an age where some of their most potent memories formed around the turn of the century, thus the oncoming tide of \u201900s throwbacks, she told the Pioneer Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Recent hit television revivals include “Trading Spaces,” “Will and Grace,” and “Queer Eye” and movie sequels such as “Super Troopers 2,” and “Incredibles 2.”<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the main things nostalgia does is help people find meaning in life and to connect with other people,\u201d Robinson-Riegler said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re connected to other people, life has meaning. Nostalgia makes people feel protected, loved and happy. People even feel physically warmer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full article at the Pioneer Press<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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The recent comeback of\u00a0the hit TV show \u201cMurphy Brown\u201d stirred up some warm memories among fans after 20 years of being off the air. So, why does nostalgia feel so good? WCCO’s\u00a0Heather Brown talked with\u00a0Bridget Robinson-Riegler, professor of psychology at Â̲èÖ±²¥, about the psychology behind the feeling of nostalgia that certain past memories\u00a0make us …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty","category-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8635"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8645,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8635\/revisions\/8645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}