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Nostalgia reduces physical pain

03.03.2022

A new scientific study by scientists from China proves the ability of memories of the past to reduce physical pain in the human body and increase stress resistance.

The fact is that the part of the brain responsible for pain is also responsible for the perception of nostalgia. Thanks to the tomograph, researchers at Peking University have proven that nostalgia can significantly improve a person's health.

Nostalgia is a complex emotion involving the self, autobiographical memory, and reward.

It turned out that the "taste of the past" is able to cheer up a person. For example, it could be old letters, cartoons, or candy from childhood.

When pain is added to the occasion, experience points to the essential role of the thalamus, the site of information transit between the body and the cerebral cortex. This area of the brain responds to both nostalgia and pain information. By integrating a positive desire signal into the pain signal, the thalamus appears to play a key role in this analgesic effect.

Scientists are now confident that nostalgia can be used as a non-pharmacological way to reduce physical pain.

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