For many of us there are certain songs that have the power to transcend the everyday and instantly transport us back to a certain time or place – sitting in the park on a sunny day, dancing on a night out with your Uni mates, walking down the aisle, running a marathon, your first kiss…

Are you thinking of yours now?

Does it happen to be a song that takes you straight back to your teens or twenties? If so – you’re not alone.

The nostalgia surrounding our favourite songs isn’t just a recollection of old memories; scientific studies show we remember more from our adolescence and early twenties than any other period of our lives.

The music we listen to during this period has greater lasting impact than songs in later life because of a psychological phenomenon called the reminiscence bump.

Our memories define who we are and shape our sense of identity, but they are not evenly distributed throughout our life.

We have fewer memories from birth to about eight-years-old, while at the other end of the scale our minds can easily recall memories that happened most recently, although this does decline with age.

However, researchers have found there is a key age between the ages of 10 to 30-years-old when the reminiscence bump applies, meaning our memories have a particular affinity for recalling events.