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Our Memory
Déjà vu can be explained in terms of our memory:
- Single Event Familiarity: When one element is familiar but other elements are not.
- Gestalt Familiarity: When the layout and surroundings seem familiar.
Example: A layout of a room is similar to a room you have seen before but some details are not matching.
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Our Neurology
Déjà vu can be explained in terms of our neurological activity:
- Spontaneous Brain Activity: When a part of your brain is engaged with memory, thoughts can overlap, and one can experience a false sense of familiarity. The complex memory structures result in cross-connections.
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That Familiar Feeling
Déjà vu is French for ‘already seen’. It is a feeling that the situation(or surrounding) is familiar subjectively, but unfamiliar objectively.
Almost two-thirds of individuals have experienced Déjà vu at least once in their lifetime, including blind people.
Déjà vu is a fleeting, in...
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Déjà vu
Déjà vu is French for ‘already seen’. It is a feeling that the situation(or surrounding) is familiar subjectively, but unfamiliar objectively.
Almost two-thirds of individuals have experienced Déjà vu at least once in their lifetime, including blind people.
Déjà vu is a...
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Our Neurology
Déjà vu can be explained in terms of our neurological activity:
- Spontaneous Brain Activity: When a part of your brain is engaged with memory, thoughts can overlap, and one can experience a false sense of familiarity. The complex memory structures result in cross-connections.
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