Nostalgia, a sentimental longing for the past, is an ambivalent–albeit more positive than
negative–emotion. Nostalgia is infused with sociality, as it refers to important figures from …

Historically, nostalgia has been viewed as a disease of the brain or the mind. However, in
recent years, nostalgia has received a conceptual rehabilitation due to a revival of scholarly …

Augmented Reality (AR) is an innovative concept that enriches consumers' perception of the
real world with virtual content. Prior research has shown that AR has the potential to inspire …

Nostalgia is a self-conscious, bittersweet but predominantly positive and fundamentally
social emotion. It arises from fond memories mixed with yearning about one's childhood …

Nostalgia—defined as sentimental longing for one's past—is a self-relevant, albeit deeply
social, and an ambivalent, albeit more positive than negative, emotion. As nostalgia brings …

Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic increased the risk for loneliness. We tested
whether nostalgia counteracts loneliness via rises in happiness. We conducted surveys in …

Nostalgia is a resource that functions, in part, as a response to self‐discontinuity and a
source of self‐continuity. We tested and supported this regulatory role of nostalgia in the …

This research examined the proposition that nostalgia is not simply a past-oriented emotion,
but its scope extends into the future, and, in particular, a positive future. We adopted a …

Nostalgia is a mixed emotion. Recent empirical research, however, has highlighted positive
effects of nostalgia, suggesting it is a predominantly positive emotion. When measured as an …

Nostalgia, a sentimental longing for one's past, predicts or augments psychological
wellbeing (PWB). We hypothesized that it does so—at least in part—via authenticity, a sense …