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2006-10-31 10:35:41 · 4 answers · asked by pornarpa c 1 in Health Other - Health

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its a french word meaning already seen its having a feling that something has already happened but u it would only be a first experience or so

2006-10-31 10:51:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~mdlee/dejavu.htm
THREE TYPES OF DEJA VU
By Arthur Funkhouser, Ph.D., Bern, Switzerland
(atf@alum.mit.edu)

The term 'deja vu' has been around quite a while, now, and, in the last few years has become practically a
buzz-word, being often found in books, newspaper accounts and magazine articles concerned with a wide variety
of topics (I have amassed quite a collection, should anyone wish to see them). The problem is, though, that while
many see fit to employ it in their writing and conversation, just exactly what is meant by the words 'deja vu' is
pretty vague. Many, based on their own experience, believe it must refer to what they encountered and/or felt,
while others, having never had such experiences, have a very foggy notion of what is meant, if at all. As such, it
has become a sort of catch-all label for any number of hard-to-explain, sometimes upsetting occurrences of
unexpected recognition, in which the person involved has trouble identifying an antecedent for the events and/or
places which seem so strangely and intensely familiar.

In addition, the term 'deja vu' has become encrusted, over the years, with a number of unfortunate associations,
ranging from reincarnation to temporal lobe epilepsy, which hinder further research. These 'explanations' along
with others such as delayed intra-hemisphere transmission over the corpus callosum as well as an astonishing array
of psychoanalytical theories lead people to believe that all that one needs to know about such experiences is
already known and that there is nothing of interest still to be done.

I believe the time has come, therefore, for our terminology, especially in educated discourse, to become more
differentiated (in fact, if I had my way, we would get rid of 'deja vu' altogether as over-worked and entitled to a
well-deserved rest). To this end, I would like to draw attention to three forms of 'deja' experience, defining each
as we go along, and plea that these be used when discussing the experiences they refer to. Upon reflection,
readers may come up with other, better terms for these experiences or propose terms for other, related
experiences which are not the same as the ones described in the following. Since French scientists and thinkers
were the first to investigate these phenomena, it seems fitting to retain French names for these intriguing
experiences.

2006-10-31 18:55:55 · answer #2 · answered by ♥cinnamonmj♥ 4 · 0 0

Déjà vu is French for "already seen." Déjà vu is an uncanny feeling or illusion of having already seen or experienced something that is being experienced for the first time.

2006-10-31 18:47:19 · answer #3 · answered by Red Panda 6 · 0 0

It's a feelin you get- like now i feel like you asked me this question before and i already answered it.

2006-10-31 18:42:44 · answer #4 · answered by ladytee 4 · 0 0

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