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Déjà vu

Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikipedia

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This source is used as context evidence across 1 linked claim and 3 related evidence hubs. Its citation record is marked verified; that verifies the source trail, not the truth of any linked claim.

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Summary

Reference entry on déjà vu — the eerie feeling of having already experienced the present moment — covering its phenomenology, prevalence (around two-thirds of adults), and the leading neurological models (medial temporal lobe miscueing, dual-processing mismatch, temporal-lobe epilepsy).

How this source is used on the map

Default reference for the phenomenon and the mainstream cognitive-neuroscience explanations.

Citation record

Authors
Wikipedia contributors
Year
2024
Publication
Wikipedia
Source type
Secondary summary
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context
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secondary
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Verified
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Linked claims

Evidence score 7/10
Déjà vu

About two-thirds of adults report experiencing it. The neurological mechanisms are partly understood; the spiritual interpretations (past lives, glimpsing other timelines) are much larger claims.

Related evidence hubs

Topic hub
Consciousness & Mind

What consciousness is, how it relates to brains, and whether it's basic to reality.

Evidence pillar
Philosophy of mind

Mind–brain relation, qualia, intentionality.

Evidence pillar
Skeptical frameworks

Cryptomnesia, anoxia models, cold reading. Counter-anchors.

Related sources

Secondary summary · context
Confabulation

Standard ordinary-cognition explanation for shared mistaken-memory phenomena (Mandela effect) and for elaborated 'past-life' or paranormal narratives.

Secondary summary · context
Parapsychology

Useful general-audience anchor for psi-related claims; gives both the field's self-description and the standard sceptical critique.