Cognitive neuroscience approach to autonoetic consciousness of episodic memory and feeling of nostalgia

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This study was done to examine the characteristics of autonoetic consciousness of episodic remembering, especially when people feel nostalgia. Recent studies of episodic memory emphasize that mental time travel (remembering a past event as if people re-experienced) is a critical attribute of episodic memory rather than just remembering time, place, and content of past events. Several techniques were used to invoke feeling of nostalgia, including asking participants to remember their most nostalgic event, presenting old popular songs, and so on. It was found that people remembered episodic memory for their past event as if they re-experienced when they felt nostalgia.