{"id":8334,"date":"2018-05-07T18:51:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T18:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=8334"},"modified":"2018-05-07T18:51:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T18:51:33","slug":"8334","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/07\/8334\/","title":{"rendered":"Augsburg psychology professor Bridget Robinson-Riegler talks with the Pioneer Press about TV&#8217;s \u201cReminiscence Bump\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <em>Pioneer Press<\/em> reports that there is no question the \u201900 are back in television. Given the high demand for reboots, relaunches and remakes, Ross Raihala, of the <em>Pioneer Press,<\/em> interviewed Augsburg psychology professor Bridget Robinson-Riegler about what she describes as a \u201creminiscence bump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost memories come from age 10 to age 30 or so,&#8221; 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 <em>Pioneer Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>\u201cOne of the main things nostalgia does is help people find meaning in life and to connect with other people,&#8221; Robinson-Riegler said. &#8220;When 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<p>Read the full article at the <a style=\"background-color: white;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twincities.com\/2018\/04\/21\/remembrance-of-things-past-fuels-recent-run-of-reboots-relaunches-remakes\/\"><em>Pioneer Press<\/em>\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pioneer Press reports that there is no question the \u201900 are back in television. Given the high demand for reboots, relaunches and remakes, Ross Raihala, of the Pioneer Press, interviewed Augsburg psychology professor Bridget Robinson-Riegler about what she describes as a \u201creminiscence bump.\u201d \u201cMost memories come from age 10 to age 30 or so,&#8221; &#8230;<\/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-8334","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\/8334","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=8334"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8339,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8334\/revisions\/8339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}