Hofer thought of nostalgia as “a cerebral disease”. He listed its symptoms as obsessive thinking of home, weeping, anxiety, ...

The word was coined in 1688 by the Alsatian doctor Johannes Hofer. ... Hofer’s nostalgia was not the soggy, sentimental affair that plagues children at summer camp.

My research focuses on nostalgia – a sentimental longing for treasured moments in our personal pasts – and how nostalgia is linked to our well-being and feelings of connection with others.

Nostalgia is a universal malady for which there is no effective remedy, ... The word was coined in 1688 by the Alsatian doctor Johannes Hofer.

In the 1600s, a Swiss medical student named Johannes Hofer studied mercenaries in the Italian and French lowlands who longed desperately for their mountain homelands.

In the 1600s, a Swiss medical student named Johannes Hofer studied mercenaries in the Italian and French lowlands who longed desperately for their mountain homelands.

In the 1600s, a Swiss medical student named Johannes Hofer studied mercenaries in the Italian and French lowlands who longed desperately for their mountain homelands.

In the 1600s, a Swiss medical student named Johannes Hofer studied mercenaries in the Italian and French lowlands who longed desperately for their mountain homelands.