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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > déjà vu

Preferred term

déjà vu  

Definition

  • "subjective experience of familiarity combined with the knowledge that this experience is false." (Moulin, 2018, p. 1)

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Synonym(s)

  • déjà vu experience
  • déjà vu sensation

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Barzykowski, K., & Moulin, C. J. A. (2023). Are involuntary autobiographical memory and déjà vu natural products of memory retrieval? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46, e356. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22002035

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Brown, A. S. (2003). A review of the déjà vu experience. Psychological Bulletin, 129(3), 394–413. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.129.3.394

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Cleary, A.M., & Brown, A. S. (2021). The déjà vu experience (second edition). Psychology Press.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Moulin, C. (2018). The neuropsychology of déjà vu. Rouledge.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Reviewed by

  • Chris Moulin

In other languages

  • déjà vu

    French

  • expérience de déjà vu
  • sensation de déjà vu

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-L78BS44X-D

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