Déjà vu experiences in healthy subjects are unrelated to laboratory tests of recollection and familiarity for word stimuli
Date
27/11/2013Metadata
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Recent neuropsychological and neuroscientific research suggests that people who experience more déjà vu display characteristic patterns in normal recognition memory. We conducted a large individual differences study (n = 206) to test these predictions using recollection and familiarity parameters recovered from a standard memory task. Participants reported déjà vu frequency and a number of its correlates, and completed a recognition memory task analogous to a Remember-Know procedure. The individual difference measures replicated an established correlation between déjà vu frequency and frequency of travel, and recognition performance showed well-established word frequency and accuracy effects. Contrary to predictions, no relationships were found between déjà vu frequency and recollection or familiarity memory parameters from the recognition test. We suggest that déjà vu in the healthy population reflects a mismatch between errant memory signalling and memory monitoring processes not easily characterised by standard recognition memory task performance.
Citation
O'Connor , A R & Moulin , C 2013 , ' Déjà vu experiences in healthy subjects are unrelated to laboratory tests of recollection and familiarity for word stimuli ' , Frontiers in Psychology . https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00881
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Frontiers in Psychology
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Peer reviewed
ISSN
1664-1078Type
Journal article
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© 2013 O’Connor and Moulin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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