déjà vu is french. deja means before and vu means seen.
The phenomenon is rather complex, and there are many different theories as to why déjà vu happens.
As much as 70 percent of the population reports having experienced some form of déjà vu. A higher number of incidents occurs in people 15 to 25 years old than in any other age group.
Several psychoanalysts attribute déjà vu to simple fantasy or wish fulfillment, while some psychiatrists ascribe it to a mismatching in the brain that causes the brain to mistake the present for the past. But we still dont have an exact answer. I imagine if we could ever manage to get a functional MRI whilst someone experienced deja vu we would have a better idea of what is going on in the brain when this happens
Love dhiren, there is no single theory about the causes of deja vu that everyone accepts. However I’ll explain you the one which makes sense to me.
One side of your brain is usually ‘in charge’ of a particular skill – for example, in most people, the left side of the brain deals with language. One explanation for déjà vu is that there is a split-second delay in transferring information from one side of the brain to the other. One side of the brain would then get the information twice – once directly, and once from the ‘in charge’ side. So the person would sense that the event had happened before. As much as I would like to see it a mysterious “skill”, when I think about it, it makes sense that it might be the result of delay of information in the brain.
Also, thebigcat asked a similar question about Deja Vu. Please see this link for further explanation:
déjà vu is french. deja means before and vu means seen.
The phenomenon is rather complex, and there are many different theories as to why déjà vu happens.
As much as 70 percent of the population reports having experienced some form of déjà vu. A higher number of incidents occurs in people 15 to 25 years old than in any other age group.
Several psychoanalysts attribute déjà vu to simple fantasy or wish fulfillment, while some psychiatrists ascribe it to a mismatching in the brain that causes the brain to mistake the present for the past. But we still dont have an exact answer. I imagine if we could ever manage to get a functional MRI whilst someone experienced deja vu we would have a better idea of what is going on in the brain when this happens
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Love dhiren, there is no single theory about the causes of deja vu that everyone accepts. However I’ll explain you the one which makes sense to me.
One side of your brain is usually ‘in charge’ of a particular skill – for example, in most people, the left side of the brain deals with language. One explanation for déjà vu is that there is a split-second delay in transferring information from one side of the brain to the other. One side of the brain would then get the information twice – once directly, and once from the ‘in charge’ side. So the person would sense that the event had happened before. As much as I would like to see it a mysterious “skill”, when I think about it, it makes sense that it might be the result of delay of information in the brain.
Also, thebigcat asked a similar question about Deja Vu. Please see this link for further explanation:
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