Talk:Déjà vu (disambiguation)

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Cleanup[edit]

I've removed a number of redlinks, which typically do not belong on a disambiguation page. (for detailed info on this see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)). If you feel the need for one of these to be re-added, please just write that article. I kept the computer assisted translation software because the CAT page linked has a shorter section on Déja Vù. Arru 14:17, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Expanded articel[edit]

I added some additional information about deja vu, included one source in the further reading section. I am looking for a condition very similiar to dejavu but it is distinctly different. It is a very.. distant, disconnected, self-awareness. I have experienced deja vu, and while it was a very bizzare feeling it pales in comparison to the one I am trying to research. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seankubin (talk • contribs) 23:15, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I removed this material because it is all about the psychological phenomenon described in the Déjà vu article. Please merge it into that one as appropriate, I can't do that as I am unfamiliar with the subject. Details of this kind do belong in an article and not on the disambig page. Cut material follows:

Technically defined as “any subjectively inappropriate impression of familiarity of a present experience with an undefined past."  Deja vu is an experience found in approximatly a 66% of the population, primarily between the ages of 18-25.  Stress, Frequent travel, liberal tendencies and similiar settings in a mundane environment seem to contribute to the invokation of deja vu.

There are three major theories to explain this phenomenon. 

The "dual processing" theory, holds that deja vu happens when two cognitive processes are momentarily out of sync. 
Another theory suggests that deja vu occurs when a memory that we have consciously forgotten connects with part of our present experience.  In this situation your may litterally have been in the situation before.
Lastly, deja vu could be conceived of as an attention slip, the brain takes in a scene without our noticing. Then, when we do become aware of what we perceive, we feel familiar -- not just because we've seen it before, but because we've already processed it on another cognitive level.

Arru 20:03, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]