2007-01-29 21:33:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
When the eyes see something before the brain perceives it! That's why we get the feeling that we 've been through something before!
2007-01-29 21:38:28 · answer #1 · answered by Roubini 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love the first explanation! Never heard it explained that way before - when the eyes see something before the brain thinks about it. Interesting.
I love the feeling of deja vu. Wish I experienced it more often.
I would like to think it's me remembering a past life. But, in reality, I would think there's a more scientific explanation.
Here are several ideas:
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.
2007-01-30 05:55:54 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The (usually sudden) sensation that you've been in this exact place/situation before ... know what's going to happen next. It's very specific (i.e. it's nothing like the belief that we live multiple incarnations). Nobody knows what causes it, but most people experience it at certain times. Doesn't indicate madness, just one of those oddities about being human and conscious.
2007-01-30 05:42:32 · answer #3 · answered by mrsgavanrossem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its just a feeling like " gee i feel like I've been here before or i just did that " some people with epilepsy experience deja vu
2007-01-30 05:46:21 · answer #4 · answered by ausblue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your future self remembering your past...or the past seeing the future. Traveling through dimensions.
2007-01-30 05:53:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's being in a situation or place and having a sudden feeling that something like it already happened to you in the past
2007-01-30 05:39:16 · answer #6 · answered by girl23 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems like I have heard this question before, and before that, and before that, etc. etc. etc. Did you just land here from some other plant?
2007-01-30 07:00:13 · answer #7 · answered by rico3151 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋