Even if you've seen Rachel and Ross fall in love hundreds of times on "Friends" or know every episode of "The Golden Girls" by heart, including the theme song, watching reruns of your favorite shows never gets old. And thanks to a 2012 study, researchers have given audiences an even better and more nostalgic excuse to binge feel-good TV series.The study was published by The University of Chicago Press in the Journal of Consumer Research. Researchers examined how re-consumption experiences, such as rereading a classic novel, watching reruns or listening to a go-to breakup song over and over, affect the brain. And turns out, repeating experiences is not only comforting, it also gives you a boost of happiness. "We find that consumers who chose to repeat hedonic experiences even just once are expressing and affirming their individual experience and its special meanings to them," the study's authors, Cristel Antonia Russell and Sidney J. Levy, wrote. Russell and Levy are not alone in their research. In 2015, Jaye Derrick, a research scientist at the University at Buffalo바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Research Institute on Addictions wrote a study that was published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, which found that people seeking out "familiar fictional worlds" become rejuvenated. Derrick and her team of researchers conducted several experiments, in which half the participants were asked to complete a structured task requiring more mental energy and willpower, while the other other half did easier tasks. Those subjects who engaged in the challenging mental activity sought out reruns to watch, as opposed to a new show or movie, and came back to the strenuous task with more energy, a better mood and focus. "Media use can have unexpected psychological benefits," wrote Derrick. "Television, movies and books can be more than leisure activities; in some cases, they fulfill needs, like restoring self-control." And that means it's safe to put to rest that old saying about TV rotting your brain. These researchers suggest that watching beloved sitcoms actually improves your mental clarity and health.