LaCount ‘JJ’ Togans

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, US

LaCount ‘JJ’ Togans is a social psychologist and an assistant professor of psychology at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, US. His research explores how people navigate various forms of ambivalent experiences such as indulging in guilty pleasures and the bittersweet emotion of nostalgia.

Written by LaCount ‘JJ’ Togans

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Guilty pleasures are more than just giving in to temptation

Psychologists are discovering what’s going on when you do something you enjoy, but also feel weird or embarrassed about

by LaCount ‘JJ’ Togans