The art of happy memories. How to create and remember the best moments. Viking M.

The book of the founder and director of the Institute for the Study of Happiness in Copenhagen, the author of the bestsellers “Hygge. The secret of Danish happiness ”and“ Lykke. In search of the secrets of the happiest people. "

Do you remember your first kiss? And your first day at school? Or how are the first rays of the spring sun felt on the face? And what was the most delicious dish you tried? Why is music, smell, taste suddenly returned to us at some points that we, it would seem, have long forgotten about? Is it possible to learn to create and preserve happy memories that will bring us joy for many years?

Mike Viking combines the results of the most large -scale study of happy memories in the world, recently conducted by the Institute for the Study of Happiness, with many scientific data, interviews, diaries, polls and experiments. Having studied all this sea of ​​information, Mike explains in a simple and understandable language how human memory works, what nostalgia is, in what different ways our brain “records” memories. And, most importantly, what actions we ourselves can take - not only to improve memory, but also to increase our level of happiness.