The Deja Vu Experience

By Alan S. Brown

Book Overview

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 d j vu at least once, and most of us have had multiple experiences.

There are a number of credible scientific interpretations of d j vu, and this book summarizes the broad range of published work from philosophy, religion, neurology, sociology, memory, perception, psychopathology, and psychopharmacology. This book also includes discussion of cognitive functioning in retrieval and familiarity, neuronal transmission, and double perception during the d j vu experience.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841690759
• ISBN13: 9781841690759
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"