deja vu is?
it happens to me alot and i wonder if its in your head or it is some huge cosmic event or something
(srry bout spelling)
2007-03-06 18:07:09 · 6 answers · asked by f250lusso 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
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".
2007-03-06 18:12:16 · answer #1 · answered by Cfoo_master 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Deja vu means:
1. disagreeable familiarity or sameness
2. the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time.
2007-03-06 18:17:02 · answer #2 · answered by Electric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think people dream about certain events that are going to happen. it may not be the following day the event occurs, but its stored in the memory banks until it happens and you go "this is so de ju vu!"
2007-03-06 18:48:13 · answer #3 · answered by twiggysrevenge 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it does happen ever seen the movie ground hog day lol
2007-03-06 18:12:13 · answer #4 · answered by Leveler 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it does happen....unless you're living like the girl on 50 first dates....over and over and over
2007-03-06 18:11:24 · answer #5 · answered by ?Jaileen? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a feeling you have had before but cant remember why
2007-03-06 18:14:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋