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The Science Behind Déjà Vu: Exploring its Causes and Explanations
TLDR Déjà vu is a common experience characterized by a feeling of familiarity or having experienced something before. Research has led to various theories, including the involvement of the temporal lobe and the unconscious processing of sensory information, in explaining the occurrence of déjà vu.
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Déjà vu is a common experience that around 60-70% of people have had, and it is characterized by a feeling of familiarity or having experienced something before.
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Déjà vu is a feeling of familiarity or having experienced something before, and it was named by French scientist Emile Borac in 1876, but Sigmund Freud later attributed it to repressed memories.
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Functional MRI technology has sparked renewed interest in researching déjà vu, leading to the development of various theories to explain its occurrence, including associative and biological explanations.
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The temporal lobe, specifically the medial temporal lobe, is responsible for processing conscious memory and may be involved in déjà vu when sensory information is processed twice with a slight delay, leading to confusion and a feeling of familiarity.
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The brain can unconsciously process sensory information at subliminal speeds, leading to a feeling of familiarity and an increase in déjà vu.
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Memory is like a hologram, and when triggered by something familiar, we reconstruct memories incorrectly and use that immediate experience, leading to a feeling of déjà vu.
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Jaume Vu is a phenomenon where a familiar situation is not recognized, similar to face blindness, and can also occur with words when the function of meaning is lost.
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