Jan Hemming

Jan Hemming

Jan Hemming is a researcher and author of the 2013 replication of a study of popular music preference and age.

Who they are

Jan Hemming is a researcher and author of the 2013 replication of a study of popular music preference and age. On this site the name is tied to Reminiscence Bump, Nostalgia.

Key papers

Hemming, J. (2013). Is there a peak in popular music preference at a certain song-specific age? A replication of Holbrook & Schindler's 1989 study. Musicae Scientiae, 17(3), 293-304.

Key ideas

Reminiscence Bump: Autobiographical memories are not spread evenly across a life.

Nostalgia: A past-oriented, self-relevant and bittersweet emotion, a fond remembering of one's own history that carries loss inside the pleasure.

Sources

  1. Hemming, J. (2013). Is there a peak in popular music preference at a certain song-specific age? A replication of Holbrook & Schindler's 1989 study. Musicae Scientiae, 17(3), 293-304.