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The extraordinary psychology of Déjà vu, with Dr Akira O'Connor

Instant Genius

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Are There Any Other Parallels of Déjà Vu?

Déjà vu is more serious than having the feeling that you're watching TV and you've seen everything. It has what we call behavioral consequences, so people who are experiencing it will often start acting on those experiences. We have had people contacting the BBC because they're sick and tired of all the repeats that they keep seeing on every single BBC channelthey go to. And whilst that might be the case once or twice, it isn't the case that that's all the BBC is showing. Therefore, we have an idea that these people reporting in with those complaints are probably experiencing déjja vu.

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