Self explanitory.
2007-01-22 15:46:31 · 6 answers · asked by :] 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
it is more like something reminds you or something that has happened before or has been in a dream...
this article explains my view pretty well...
by the way, "NICKNAME" just copied & pasted the article i am suggesting below...
2007-01-22 15:54:03 · answer #1 · answered by christy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term déjà vu is French and means, literally, "already seen." Those who have experienced the feeling describe it as an overwhelming sense of familiarity with something that shouldn't be familiar at all. Say, for example, you are traveling to England for the first time. You are touring a cathedral, and suddenly it seems as if you have been in that very spot before. Or maybe you are having dinner with a group of friends, discussing some current political topic, and you have the feeling that you've already experienced this very thing -- same friends, same dinner, same topic.
The phenomenon is rather complex, and there are many different theories as to why déjà vu happens. Swiss scholar Arthur Funkhouser suggests that there are several "déjà experiences" and asserts that in order to better study the phenomenon, the nuances between the experiences need to be noted. In the examples mentioned above, Funkhouser would describe the first incidence as déjà visité ("already visited") and the second as déjà vecu ("already experienced or lived through").
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.
Déjà vu has been firmly associated with temporal-lobe epilepsy. Reportedly, déjà vu can occur just prior to a temporal-lobe epileptic attack. People suffering an epileptic seizure of this kind can experience déjà vu during the actual seizure activity or in the moments between convulsions.
Since déjà vu occurs in individuals with and without a medical condition, there is much speculation as to how and why this phenomenon happens. 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. Many parapsychologists believe it is related to a past-life experience. Obviously, there is more investigation to be done.
2007-01-22 23:55:33 · answer #2 · answered by NICKNAME 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes I think Deja Vu is real.
2007-01-23 00:07:50 · answer #3 · answered by Dreamer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all to real to me for i experience it one to many times problem is i won't remember it till i see it and realize I've already done it before like i could see it more then 2 times before it happens. To bad some people don't believe me. usually they'll say if i see the lottery numbers I should tell them then they'll believe me.
2007-01-23 00:02:27 · answer #4 · answered by slojojames2 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
very real. its very real for me anyway, coz when traveling to new places i keep stopping and staring thinking "hey, i've been here before, i know it" then realize wait a min, this place was built a month ago or i never came to this area before in my life.
2007-01-23 00:08:18 · answer #5 · answered by implosion13 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's only real to those who have experienced it.
it's only fake to those who have not experienced it.
but I like ESP and that sorta stuff
2007-01-22 23:51:33 · answer #6 · answered by Hey, Ray 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋