David B Pillemer is professor emeritus at the University of New Hampshire. He studies memory development across the lifespan. He is the author of Momentous Events, Vivid Memories (1998).
Memory and nostalgia
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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