Nostalgia Can Relieve Pain (IMAGE)

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Nostalgia Can Relieve Pain

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Brain activation of the lingual gyrus and parahippocampal gyrus, areas involved in pain perception, was significantly decreased after viewing nostalgic images compared to control images.

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Zhang et al., JNeurosci 2021

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