The Neuroscience of Emotions
The Neuroscience of Nostalgia
Autobiographical memory, the hippocampus and bittersweet affect: how the brain uses the past to resource the present
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Nostalgia was once classified as a psychiatric disorder. Modern neuroscience reveals it as a sophisticated psychological resource, a brain state that retrieves meaningful autobiographical memories to bolster social connectedness, self-continuity, and meaning in the present. This article explores how the brain generates nostalgia, why it is bittersweet, and what research reveals about its protective functions.
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