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

Instant Genius

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The Experience Déjà Vu

The opposite of deja vu is called je mé vu from the French never seen. It's an inappropriate feeling of unfamiliarity for something that you know should feel more familiar. People sometimes get this feeling when they're, for example, seeing people they haven't seen in a while. A really straightforward way of generating this feeling in yourself is to write words out over and over.

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