One theory on Deja Vu is that the brain slows down and what you see processes in your sub conscience mind and doesn't process in the part of the mind that is your conscience as quickly as it should, making you feel like you seen it before. It is a matter of nano seconds.
Who agrees?
2007-02-07 04:43:32 · 14 answers · asked by R C 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Wow I dont know. but i get Deja Vu all the time!
2007-02-07 04:46:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many people ask what is deja vu for?
I believe it is when you re-occur an extreme similarity in memory in a place that it would seem unexpected. I think it's a subconscious memory that instincts on reality.
Your brain see's a pattern but, cannot remember the reference to that pattern. So it's your minds way of saying look out a threat or advantage may be here.
It can also happen in experiences in life when talking to someone. "Did I have this conversation before?". Again you understand that something is very familiar you just can't reference as to how it is familiar to you. Maybe if you could remember it would be of benefit.
Such as that guy looks familiar then you get the feeling. And then notice it's an old friend or, a pissed of person you played a prank on in high school.
Deja Vu may also be memories in the process of being purged. Our brain may get rid of useless knowledge from time to time but, when we experience this feeling in attachment to a disguarded conversation or experience you may only be able to remember partly or very little of the memory.
2007-02-07 05:32:53 · answer #2 · answered by obscure 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is how deja vu works in my life.
Part one is the dream. In my dreams i have a scenario playing out. I receive the sense of deja vu. After that I react to the situation at hand and all hell breaks loose. Worst case Scenario unfolds.
Part two is in active reality.. I receive the sense of deja vu and the dream's worst case scenario plays out in my mind. As you said Nano seconds. but because I have taken that time time react and notice I have already changed the potential outcome.
I have learned that I upon receiving deja vu I need to remove my ego from the situation and not give a knee jerk reaction.
2007-02-07 04:55:04 · answer #3 · answered by Eric E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way I figure it is that somewhere in the 90% of the brain we don't use the future is being played out, we dream it in the deepest parts of our minds but we don't remember it and then when it happens some parts float to recollection and that is what the Deja Vu is.
2007-02-07 06:54:33 · answer #4 · answered by kellysue17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think human beings are essentially creatures of habit and instinct, so that what we think is deja vu is really an incident or activity that is similar to something we have done in the recent past, or a reflection of our habitual behavior.
That being said, I think your theory sounds like the product of a discussion among friends who took one too many bong hit.
On the other hand, who am I to judge? I suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder.
2007-02-07 04:54:48 · answer #5 · answered by Jack Chedeville 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I swear I've seen this question before! Really!
Seriously, I disagree. I've personally had experiences of deja vu so strong I could predict the next 5-10 seconds of conversation AFTER I realized I was experiencing it. This isn't a delay.
2007-02-07 04:54:04 · answer #6 · answered by Michael E 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
when i get deja vu, i see something and immediately feel like i've seen the exact thing before - i very vivid memory - even though i KNOW that i haven't. it happens to me with familiar/unfamiliar things. i think that theory makes complete sense.
it bothers me when people say 'oh deja vu!' when it really isn't - like when you see 2 blue cars go by and then a minute later another set of blue cars go by.
2007-02-07 04:55:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My personal opinion - though it has nothing to do with the brain slowing down or not - is this: I have DeJaVu quite frequently. I sense what is about to take place and then it happens - the after effect is always, "Man, I KNEW that was going to happen, I have done that before!"
...and then of course I am briefly freaked out, but then I move on. I would like to think that this is more of some kind of "fine tuning" - whether it be intentional or not.
I personally believe that we as humans have yet to really "tap in" to the brain and what it is capable of.
WHOA! ...there we go again!
2007-02-07 04:55:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like the brain makes the time slow down... not sure about this.. I have little previews of whats going to happen in the next 2-3 seconds after i have the de ja vu. those previews i get in my mind while i'm getting the de ja vu, but when they do happen: it doesn't feel like de ja vu.
whenever i get one, makes me feel like i'm doing something right, that my life is in the right path, because i've done this before and its all okay.
2007-02-07 04:48:04 · answer #9 · answered by jpcjulia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i imagine its linked to anticipation seeing into envisioned destiny for second then residing it...makes a deja vu which potential its not the position you've been earlier yet a body of innovations revisited jeesh its a tangled mess
2016-11-25 23:49:24 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋