While making breakfast in my kitchen this week, I heard the sound of someone cleaning a window which instantly reminded me of a scene from the movie, "Coraline."
Even when we aren't looking for it, nostalgia finds us.
Nostalgia is "a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition," according to Merriam-Webster.
It's a "mixed emotional experience, so when we're nostalgic, we may experience a sense of loss and longing.
We talked to Abeyta, who studies nostalgia, to get to the bottom of why the emotion is so desirable and if it's actually good for us.
Persons:
Webster, It's, Andrew Abeyta, Abeyta, it's
Organizations:
Merriam, Rutgers University
Locations:
Camden , N.J