# Why do we feel nostalgia?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Clay Routledge
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain, Society and politics, History, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/clay_routledge_why_do_we_feel_nostalgia)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Nostalgia was once considered an illness confined to specific groups of people. Today, people all over the world report experiencing and enjoying nostalgia. But how does nostalgia work? And is it healthy? Clay Routledge details the way our understanding of nostalgia has changed since the term was first coined in the late 17th century. \[Directed by Anton Bogaty, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [Why do we feel nostalgia?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/clay_routledge_why_do_we_feel_nostalgia/18eb72061a75), 4 min (TED's player)