deja vu

[slm33d]

Lately its happened a few times to me. Im just really curious as to how people "explain" it. It always is a bit whoa but any helps cool.

[nightmare]

It feels as if you are reliving a certain aspect of a memory, usually called "sensory memory" ie being able to virtually experience riding a rollercoaster. At least for me mainly triggered by aural cues more than anything else.

[Kow]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deja_Vu

"Scientifically speaking, the most likely explanation of déjà vu is not that it is an act of "precognition" or "prophecy," but rather that it is an anomaly of memory giving the impression that an experience is "being recalled.""

I don't think the bit about the one eye receiving information slightly faster than the other has any credibility though, since I'm blind in my left eye and get Deja Vu all the time.

Theories I've heard:

Your brain lags behind your senses so it feels like it's already happened because it has. Doesn't make sense to me since you can experience Deja Vu in real time while doing something like driving or other difficult tasks requiring specific timing.

Your brain bypasses putting the event into short term memory and puts it straight into long term memory, so as you recall it (immediately) it feels like it happened before. This one sounds the most plausible of all the theories I've heard.

[NuclearWinter]

Its just a glitch in the matrix.

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