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Déjà vu (百科维基)
Déjà vu (pronounced en-uk-dejavu.ogg /ˈdeɪʒɑː
ˈvuː/ (help·info); French fr-déjà vu.ogg /deʒa
vy/ (help·info) "already seen"; also called
paramnesia, from Greek παρα "para," "near" +
μνήμη "mnēmē," "memory") or promnesia, is
the experience of feeling sure that one has
witnessed or experienced a new situation
previously (an individual feels as though an
event has already happened or has happened in
the near past), although the exact circumstances
of the previous encounter are uncertain. The
term was coined by a French psychic researcher,
Émile Boirac (1851–1917) in his book "L'Avenir
des sciences psychiques" ("The Future of Psychic
Sciences"), which expanded upon an essay he
wrote while an undergraduate. The experience of
déjà vu is usually accompanied by a compelling
sense of familiarity, and also a sense of
"eeriness," "strangeness," or "weirdness," The
"previous" experience is most frequently
attributed to real life, although in some cases
there is a firm sense that the experience
"genuinely happened" in the past.
The experience of déjà vu seems to be quite
common among adults and children alike; in
formal studies, 70% of people report having
experienced it at least once.[citation needed]
References to the experience of déjà vu are also
found in literature of the past,[1] indicating
it is not a new phenomenon. It has been
extremely difficult to evoke the déjà vu
experience in laboratory settings, therefore
making it a subject of few empirical studies.
Recently, researchers have found ways to
recreate this sensation using hypnosis.[2]
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