The Neuroscience of the Unexplained
The Neuroscience of Déjà Vu
Temporal lobe misfiring, dual-processing theory, familiarity without recollection and the hippocampal circuit: what happens when the brain convinces itself it has been here before
1,152-word article with 10 Harvard references.
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Déjà vu is one of the most common and most disorienting experiences a healthy brain can produce. Approximately two-thirds of people have experienced it. It is not a memory. It is not a premonition. It is a neurological event in which the brain generates a powerful sense of familiarity without the accompanying contextual information that would explain why something feels familiar. This article examines the hippocampal, temporal-lobe and dual-process mechanisms that produce this remarkable glitch in an otherwise impressively reliable system.
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