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

本研究旨在考察情景记忆的自律性意识的特点，特别是当人们感到怀旧的时候。最近对情节记忆的研究强调，心理时间旅行(回忆过去的事件，就像人们重新经历过一样)是情节记忆的关键属性，而不仅仅是记住过去事件的时间、地点和内容。有几种技巧被用来唤起怀旧情绪，包括要求参与者记住他们最怀旧的事件，展示旧的流行歌曲，等等。研究发现，人们对过去事件的记忆就像他们在怀旧时重新经历一样。

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.