Food Nostalgia
Do you have food nostalgia? Why are our memories of food are so vivid (and delicious). SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! Click here: http://ow.ly/rt5IE Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act...
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In the early 1900s, French author Marcel Prost wrote of culinary time travel, of the intense joy of being swept back to his childhood when he ate a specific type of cake -- a petite madeleine soaked in tea. Our memories of taste are closely linked with the smell of food. Research suggests our memories triggered by smells are different than our verbal and visual memories and come from events experienced a younger age. Memories evoked by smell, or olfactory information, likely come from experiences we had in the first decade of our life -- think eating and smelling cotton candy. It’s called the “Proust phenomenon”. For memories triggered by verbal cues -- like a conversation with a parent -- the original event most likely happened in the next two decades...
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In the early 1900s, French author Marcel Prost wrote of culinary time travel, of the intense joy of being swept back to his childhood when he ate a specific type of cake -- a petite madeleine soaked in tea. Our memories of taste are closely linked with the smell of food. Research suggests our memories triggered by smells are different than our verbal and visual memories and come from events experienced a younger age. Memories evoked by smell, or olfactory information, likely come from experiences we had in the first decade of our life -- think eating and smelling cotton candy. It’s called the “Proust phenomenon”. For memories triggered by verbal cues -- like a conversation with a parent -- the original event most likely happened in the next two decades...
