Nostalgia improves health and outlook in seniors: ‘Now I have a goal’
While nostalgia is a past-oriented emotion, it has motivational consequences for healthy behaviours, like the anticipation and joy seniors experience when they visit or talk to loved ones. “I’m interested in life. My trip to the Netherlands brought me back. And my bond with my cousins is stronger than ever,” Jane Somerton, second from left, … Read more