Why do we have deja vous?

Answer 1

Havent you asked this question before

Answer 2

Deja vous, can only happen after the event! ie once your friend has said something you " say "I knew you were going to say that" or you go to a strange place and once you see it you think I have been here before!! Now the explanation. Normally what you see/hear are sent to your "Short term memory" but occasionally the brain "Short circuits" straight to the "Long term memory" so when you see/hear something because it is already in the "Long term memory" and not the "Short" you think you have seen or heard it before. I have never had anyone say " I know what you are going to say" It is always after. On the other hand the Mormons do have another answer, if you would like to find out what that is you can contact me or have a chat with the Mormons

Answer 3

There are more than 40 theories as to what déjà vu is and what causes it, and they range from reincarnation to glitches in our memory processes.Déjà vu is a French term that literally means "already seen" and has several variations, including déjà vecu, already experienced; déjà senti, already thought; and déjà visite, already visited. French scientist Emile Boirac, one of the first to study this strange phenomenon, gave the subject its name in 1876.

Generally déjà vu is described as the feeling that you've seen or experienced something before when you know you haven't. And there are over 40 theories as to why it happens. Some say it is linked with epileptic seizures of the temporal lobe of the brain, others say it's a fashback from a past life, still others argue that it is because our brains get confused between the present situation and a past one.

You might want to do a google search on "what is deja vu", or "how the brain works", I've read so many interresting things that way. The last link I posted below is on what your dreams may mean, which another interesting thing to look into.

Answer 4

I don't know. I've heard the theory about different parts of the brain doing things at a different time when they should do them at the same time, but I used to have deja vus all the time, and some of them I clearly know were not caused by this. Sometimes I would dream it in a foggy manner before it happened.
I believe the theory I mentioned above is accurate in some cases, but not all.

Answer 5

Data from the oculus orbus is received by the cognative faculties before being stored in short-term memory.
When we experience Deja Vu, it's for some reason stored in the memory first, leading to the feeling of similarity.

Answer 6

The experience of déjà vu is usually accompanied by a compelling sense of familiarity, and also a sense of "eerieness," "strangeness," or "weirdness." The "previous" experience is most frequently attributed to a dream, although in some cases there is a firm sense that the experience "genuinely happened" in the past.

The experience of déjà vu seems to be very common; in formal studies 70% or more of the population report having experienced it at least once. References to the experience of déjà vu are also found in literature of the past, indicating it is not a new phenomenon. However, in laboratory settings, it is extremely difficult to invoke the déjà vu experience, making it a subject with few empirical studies.

Answer 7

Deja vu is simply the universe putting landmarks in your life to remind you that your life is going according to the plan you chose before you entered this life. When you have that "Aha...I have seen this or I have been here before", you are recognizing a marker put there to tell you that your mission is being accomplished in step increments according to this particular life. Before you enter this life upon the earth, you choose your earthly circumstances for this life. To keep you "on track", these markers are put throughout your life to remind you to keep forging ahead. Often we will experience a deja vu when we meet someone and believe that we have met this person before. We have...just in a different life. We agreed to meet this person in this particular life to share experiences once again or simply to have them facilitate our journey in THIS life as a marker. Once this life of ours has been completed and we have accomplished our self-chosen mission, the deja vu's accompany us to heaven or nirvana...whatever you want to call the afterlife. In the afterlife, the deja vu's are discussed with our spirit guide and with the universal elders who assist the Almighty (Christ, God the Father, the Holy Spirit, Allah, or whomever you see as your higher power).

Answer 8

from what i have read in the past (a phycology book) it is caused by one hemisphere of the brain processing the information before the other hemisphere and when the second half process the information it thinks it has experienced this before.
this can be seen when experimenting with patients that have the two hemispheres seperated due to a desiese

Answer 9

Deja vous is the result of two separate synapses in your brain, which normally fire simultaneously, firing out of syncopation with one another.

Answer 10

It's usually a process of the mind that attempts to reconcile past data with present observations. However, I'm sure that this has been answered before. :-)

Answer 11

They are simply after images of previously held memories. Just like when you see spots after looking at a light.