Nostalgia enhances detection of death threat: neural and behavioral evidence

Abstract An experiment examined the potency of nostalgia—a sentimental longing for one’s past—to facilitate detection of death-related stimuli, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and behavioral techniques (i.e., judgmental accuracy, reaction times). We hypothesized and found that, at...

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Main Authors: Ziyan Yang, Constantine Sedikides, Keise Izuma, Tim Wildschut, Emiko S. Kashima, Yu L. L. Luo, Jun Chen, Huajian Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91322-z