A review of the déjà vu experience

Bibliographic Data

ID14445153
AuthorsAlan S Brown (0000-0002-4393-1003, Southern Methodist University, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume129
Issue3
Pages394-413
Publication date2003-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Bulletin (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2909 • E-ISSN: 1939-1455
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0033-2909.129.3.394
PMID12784936
OpenAlexW2022691268
LanguageFR
Citations received21
References cited118

For more than a century, the déjà vu experience has been examined through retrospective surveys, prospective surveys, and case studies. About 60% of the population has experienced déjà vu, and its frequency decreases with age. Déjà vu appears to be associated with stress and fatigue, and it shows a positive relationship with socioeconomic level and education. Scientific explanations of déjà vu fall into 4 categories: dual processing (2 cognitive processes momentarily out of synchrony), neurological (seizure, disruption in neuronal transmission), memory (implicit familiarity of unrecognized stimuli),and attentional (unattended perception followed by attended perception). Systematic research is needed on the prevalence and etiology of this culturally familiar cognitive experience, and several laboratory models may help clarify this illusion of recognition

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Déjà vu · Developmental psychology · Illusion · Perception · Population · Socioeconomic status · Face Recognition and Perception · Medicine · Memory Processes and Influences · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience · Psychology

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