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Converging on an understanding of the déjà vu experience

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12/05/2020
Author
Aitken, Courtney B.
O'Connor, Akira R.
Keywords
BF Psychology
RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
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Déjà vu is a transient, phenomenologically rich, but outwardly invisible memory experience. Its frequent experience is associated with some specific conditions, e.g. temporal lobe epilepsy, though infrequent experience amongst the broader population is widespread. We identify three approaches to the study of déjà vu that focus on different combinations of the properties outlined above: (1) the study of naturalistic experiences in broad samples; (2) the study of observable experiences in special samples; and (3) experimental approaches in broad samples. Each approach has yielded insight, though trades this off against the generalisability of findings to our understanding of naturalistic déjà vu in the general population. We review the advantages and disadvantages of each approach, before proposing a convergent approach that overcomes many of the methodological challenges specific to each individual approach. We propose a standardised, large-scale, collaborative approach, with which déjà vu experiences are prospectively recorded and interrogated using ubiquitous technology (e.g., mobile phone apps). Such an approach would afford the advantages of each individual approach above, but would require large-scale coordination. As the study of déjà vu matures, we believe a convergent approach has tremendous power to reveal more of the true nature of this captivating phenomenon.
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Aitken , C B & O'Connor , A R 2020 , Converging on an understanding of the déjà vu experience . in A M Cleary & B L Schwartz (eds) , Memory quirks : The study of odd phenomena in memory . Routledge , pp. 288-305 . < https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429264498/chapters/10.4324/9780429264498-20 >
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Memory quirks
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Copyright © 2020 Taylor & Francis/ The Author(s). This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the author created accepted manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429264498/chapters/10.4324/9780429264498-20
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https://www.routledge.com/Memory-Quirks-The-Study-of-Odd-Phenomena-in-Memory-1st-Edition/Cleary-Schwartz/p/book/9780367278052
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429264498/chapters/10.4324/9780429264498-20
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/23117

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