do you think blind people experience deja vu?

Question

because deja vu is believed to be when one experiences "i've seen this before" or "i've been here before". Deja Vu is french for "already seen". so because the blind cannot see, do you think they expericen deja vu?

Answer 1

yes, its not a visual thing more of a re-experiencing

Answer 2

I'm sure they do, because deja vu is an experience, not just a sight. And of course, the blind are more sensitive than the sighted in other ways, and therefore "see" in other ways, such as being sensitive to barriers like walls, etc. Deja vu can also just be having heard or dreamed something before. For me, the remarkable thing about occurence is the experience of having felt it before.

Answer 3

Deja vu refers to having witnessed or experienced an object, action, or place before. While it literally translates into "already seen," it implies any experience that has occurred previously. To say that blind people cannot experience deja vu would be to say that the blind cannot witness or experience anything, which would be a gross error. Deja vu in reality can involve any of the 5 senses.

Answer 4

Not having a sense doesn't mean that someone cannot experience what we call Deja Vu. Although in French 'vu' means 'seen', its usually meant as experienced as shown in the definition below.

NOUN:

Psychology: The illusion of having already experienced something actually being experienced for the first time.

An impression of having seen or experienced something before: Old-timers watched the stock-market crash with a distinct sense of déjà vu.

Dull familiarity; monotony: the déjà vu of the tabloid headlines.

Answer 5

The 'theory' of Deja Vu, not the literal name, implies a ' Feeling or Sense of a re-occurance of an event or feeling. therefore the answer would be Yes. My theory is that Blind persons would suffer more from Deja Vu , than sighted persons. lets save a lot of time and ask blind people? Thanks

Answer 6

they could feel like they had been in the same place before, or had the same conversation, because they still have memory, the only difference would be that they remember things using the other senses.

There is definetly a possibility there.

Answer 7

I am morally blind, but have heard this one before, I think, also I am a bilingual Canadian but only experience this in Lithuanian and Greek..p.s. my dog hates this question, so I have to cane him..

Answer 8

You have to get that answer on the Blind yahoo answer board.

Answer 9

The blind "see" with their other senses.. which become enhanced to compensate for vision loss.. So.. yes.. with the other cues.. sounds.. smells.. I suppose it happens..