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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450959703321

Autore

Brown Alan S. <1948-, >

Titolo

The deja vu experience / / Alan S. Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-43269-4

1-280-14669-9

0-203-48544-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Collana

Essays in cognitive psychology

Disciplina

153.7

Soggetti

Déjà vu

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-220) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Defining the Déjà Vu Experience; CHAPTER 3 Methods of Investigating Déjà Vu; CHAPTER 4 General Incidence of Déjà Vu; CHAPTER 5 Nature of the Déjà Vu Experience; CHAPTER 6 Physical and Psychological Variables Related to Déjà Vu; CHAPTER 7 Physiopathology and Déjà Vu; CHAPTER 8 Psychopathology and Déjà Vu; CHAPTER 9 Jamais Vu; CHAPTER 10 Parapsychological Interpretations of Déjà Vu; CHAPTER 11 Psychodynamic Interpretations of Déjà Vu; CHAPTER 12 Dual Process Explanations of Déjà Vu

CHAPTER 13 Neurological Explanations of Déjà VuCHAPTER 14 Memory Explanations of Déjà Vu; CHAPTER 15 Double Perception Explanations of Déjà Vu; CHAPTER 16 It 's Like Déjà Vu All Over Again; APPENDIX A Descriptions of Déjà Vu Experiences; APPENDIX B Summary of Scientific Explanations of Déjà Vu; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Most of us have been perplexed by a strange sense of familiarity when doing something for the first time.  We feel that we have been here before, or done this before, but know for sure that this is impossible. In fact, according to numerous surveys, about two-thirds of us have experienced déjà vu at least once, and most of us have had multiple experiences.   There are a number of credible scientific interpretations of déjà vu, and this book summarizes the broad range of published



work from philosophy, religion, neurology, sociology, memory, perception, psychopathology, and psychopharma