The science behind feelings of Christmas cheer

'Christmas cheer' is that feeling of joy, warmth and nostalgia people feel when the jingle bells start jingling. But what is the science behind it?

. Each of these emotions has its own dedicated brain region which creates changes in physiology and behaviour – changes which are similar across different instances of the same emotion. For example, it was thought that the happiness you feel when you see a puppy would activate the same neural and physiological systems as the happiness you feel when you spend time with your friends. And so, when activated, the happiness circuit should light up in the fMRI machine.

All of these things culminate as a feeling. A feeling which we label and categorise as an emotion. Throughout our lives we learn to. This labelling is why we use the same word to describe the terror felt heading on to a rollercoaster and the terror associated with being in a car accident, despite the fact that these experiences feel completely different.

But because the brain constructs an emotion on-demand using a wide range of brain regions, there is no neural signature or

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