<p>Re-reading your favourite books or re-visiting your favourite holiday spots is actually good — these enhance a person’s experience, says a new study.<br /><br />Researchers from American University the University of Arizona have shown that many people benefit from rereading familiar stories as the encounter “reignites” their emotions and increases their knowledge.<br /><br />Similar advantages can be gained from revisiting old haunts such as a favourite beach abroad or a particular church or monument, according to the study.<br /><br />“Even though people are already familiar with the stories or the places, re-consuming brings new or renewed appreciation of both the object of consumption and their self. Especially prone to re-consumption are hedonic experiences, sought for their rich emotional, cognitive, and sensorial responses.</p>.<p>“People should not hesitate to go back and re-read or re-view what they have already done. A once in a lifetime experience can easily appeal to people again,” the researchers were quoted by ‘The Daily Telegraph’ as saying.<br /><br />They have based their findings on an analysis of a survey of a group of people from the US and New Zealand, who were asked about the pleasure gained from the “rereading of books, re-watching of movies, and revisiting of geographical places”. <br /><br />The findings revealed that the subjects were generally keen to return to a well-thumbed book or to listen again to a favourite piece of music so they could gain a “richer and deeper insight” of the experience and increase understanding. Some participants hoped to evoke previous memories brought on by the “re-consumption” or even affirm the impression left by an earlier experience. Others still, sought to share a favourite encounter with new people.<br /><br />For millennia, people have had books they can read again. The re-experience allows them not only to refresh their memory of the past experience but the recollection is accompanied by discovery of new details.</p>
<p>Re-reading your favourite books or re-visiting your favourite holiday spots is actually good — these enhance a person’s experience, says a new study.<br /><br />Researchers from American University the University of Arizona have shown that many people benefit from rereading familiar stories as the encounter “reignites” their emotions and increases their knowledge.<br /><br />Similar advantages can be gained from revisiting old haunts such as a favourite beach abroad or a particular church or monument, according to the study.<br /><br />“Even though people are already familiar with the stories or the places, re-consuming brings new or renewed appreciation of both the object of consumption and their self. Especially prone to re-consumption are hedonic experiences, sought for their rich emotional, cognitive, and sensorial responses.</p>.<p>“People should not hesitate to go back and re-read or re-view what they have already done. A once in a lifetime experience can easily appeal to people again,” the researchers were quoted by ‘The Daily Telegraph’ as saying.<br /><br />They have based their findings on an analysis of a survey of a group of people from the US and New Zealand, who were asked about the pleasure gained from the “rereading of books, re-watching of movies, and revisiting of geographical places”. <br /><br />The findings revealed that the subjects were generally keen to return to a well-thumbed book or to listen again to a favourite piece of music so they could gain a “richer and deeper insight” of the experience and increase understanding. Some participants hoped to evoke previous memories brought on by the “re-consumption” or even affirm the impression left by an earlier experience. Others still, sought to share a favourite encounter with new people.<br /><br />For millennia, people have had books they can read again. The re-experience allows them not only to refresh their memory of the past experience but the recollection is accompanied by discovery of new details.</p>