what is deja vu?

Answer 1

That's strange, I feel like I've seen this question before...

Answer 2

I'm guessing that you know the definition of deja vu but are looking for a cause. This has been debated since man began. I've had it happen a few times in my life and it feels really creepy - I think it's like the age old question, "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop", the world may never know!

Answer 3

The term "déjà vu" (IPA:/deʒa vy/) (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 coined 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. Déjà vu has been described as "Remembering the future."

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. 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.[1]

Answer 4

Deja Vu the like ill ness is when u have a short term memory loss. you can for get everything or just a few days back.

Answer 5

deja vu is where you see something and you feel like you ahve alread done the exact same thing. like when you see something in a dream and then it really happens.

Answer 6

The illusion of having already experienced something actually being experienced for the first time. (An impression of having seen or experienced something before).

Answer 7

it is a feeling when you are seeing doing or experiencing something that you have done the thing you are doing or you have seen the thing you are seeing or you have experienced the event before and you recall it

Answer 8

It means an experience you have had repeats itself at a later date so you think "I've been here before"

Answer 9

Man, I could swear someone has asked me that before.

Answer 10

its when you feel like you have seen or heard something before but you really didnt