A common feeling that something is happened before(Déjà vu).
The fourth strand of Déjà vu explanations focus on attention.
Déjà Brew: The feeling that you have had this coffee before.
Travel: People who travel more frequently are more likely to experience Déjà vu.
The temporal lobe(shown here in yellow) appears to be important in Déjà vu.
However, despite Déjà vu's prevalence,
it has proven a tricky phenomenon to pin down;
(Note that in the first example, Déjà vu is a French phrase meaning"already seen.").
Déjà vu is familiar to virtually all of us, but what exactly is it?
Many of us will have experienced Déjà vu, yet none of us seem to know why.
As was evident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner,
it is Déjà vu- 1961-- all over again.
Age: Déjà vu appears to occur more commonly in younger people,
steadily becoming less common as we age.
Seizure: As mentioned previously,
individuals with TLE commonly experience Déjà vu as part of the aura before a seizure.
The unconscious mind
is also a known culprit for causing“Déjà vu” or the feeling of having seen something before.
(Those of you who lived through the Big Dig may be experiencing a strong sense of Déjà vu right now.).
For drinking cheap prized piwo in a laidback atmosphere
amongst a cheerful young crowd there are not much better places than Déjà Vu.
Also, although the connection between Déjà vu and TLE is well established,
the majority of people with TLE do not experience Déjà vu as part of their aura.
We assume that Déjà vu is a single type of experience,
but it could be generated in subtly different ways either between individuals or within the same individual at different times.