Michelle D Leichtman

Professor, University of New Hampshire

Michelle D Leichtman is professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire. She studies memory development across the lifespan, often in cultural and educational contexts.

Written by Michelle D Leichtman

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MEMORY AND NOSTALGIA

It’s not just youth’s happy memories that have a special weight

Mixed in with the highly memorable rites of growing up are more troubling highlights. But these, too, can have enduring value

by Çağlayan Özdemir, Michelle D Leichtman & David B Pillemer