This article was originally published in CNBC.
Hearing a sound in passing or getting a whiff of a smell can transport you to a familiar time and place in your life, and more likely than not you’ll get excited and want to think about the memory some more — that’s nostalgia.
While making breakfast in my kitchen this week, I heard the sound of someone cleaning a window which instantly reminded me of a scene from the movie, “Coraline.” Immediately, I felt that I wanted to watch the movie despite having seen it countless times, including in theaters this past August, 14 years after its initial release.