Looking to calm down or give your brain a break?
The key to doing so can be found in memories from your past.
From old music to familiar smells, there is some science behind the nostalgic reset.
All of the videos have something in common. Music playing that takes you back in time.
A nostalgic reset is a real thing, and the reason it works is because that feeling typically draws on positive memories of the past.
Those feelings then enhance our present feelings.
A cognitive scientist says the nostalgic reset reminds us that we exist within a continuous life story and that things can be better in the future because they have been better in the past.
You intentionally consume things as a way to calm your nervous system.