2006-10-30 00:00:55 · 6 answers · asked by ♥ Xeina ♥ 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Déjà vu
The term "déjà vu" (French for "already seen", also called paramnesia) describes the experience of feeling that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously. The term was created by a French psychic researcher, Émile Boirac (1851–1917) in his book L'Avenir des sciences psychiques (The Future of Psychic Sciences), which expanded upon an essay he wrote while an undergraduate French concentrator at the University of Chicago. 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. While it has been extremely difficult to invoke the déjà vu experience in laboratory settings, therefore making it a subject of few empirical studies, recently researchers have found ways to recreate this sensation using hypnosis.
2006-10-30 00:02:32 · answer #1 · answered by 'Cause I'm Blonde 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The term "déjà vu" describes the experience of feeling that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously. The term was created by a French psychic researcher, Ãmile Boirac and the experience of déjà vu is usually accompanied by a compelling sense of familiarity, and also a sense of "eerieness," "strangeness," or "weirdness."
It is a French term which is literally translated as "already seen".
2006-10-30 08:01:43 · answer #2 · answered by turkeyphant 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The phrase is French and it literally means "already seen." It describes the feeling that you have already experienced something in the past.
Example: You are talking to someone and all of a sudden you realize that the whole conversation has already taken place in the past and that it is being re-enacted as it happened.
2006-10-30 08:05:58 · answer #3 · answered by Chevalier 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's French for "already seen", which is what deja vu is
2006-10-30 08:02:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
deja vous it's french...meaning, the strange sensation, this happened before somewhere in my life.
2006-10-30 08:08:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it means that you knew of something before it happened and it is french
2006-10-30 08:03:00 · answer #6 · answered by Mary Smith 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋