Is There a Scientific Explanation for Déjà Vu?

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[This, That, or the Other: Crystal Ball]

Weather forecast predictions

https://www.noaa.gov/stories/6-tools-our-meteorologists-use-to-forecast-weather

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-you-trust-farmers-almanacs-weather-predictions/

Flu shot planning

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/vaccine-selection.htm

Short-term volcanic eruption prediction

https://volcano.si.edu/faq/index.cfm?question=eruptionforecast

https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/24650/chapter/6

[The Scientific Definition]

Spirit trumpet

https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-SPR-TRUMPET/1

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/spirit-trumpets-dead-speak

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-harry-houdini-seances-and-spiritualism-were-just-an-illusion-180978944/

The Barnum effect

http://apsychoserver.psych.arizona.edu/JJBAReprints/PSYC621/Forer_The%20fallacy%20of%20personal%20validation_1949.pdf

https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810104425651

https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.2044-8260.1978.tb00271.x

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1977-21271-001

Table-turning

https://fisherdigitus.library.utoronto.ca/exhibits/show/psychical-research-collection/tabletalkingandtableturning/tabletalkingandtableturningboo

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-52954-2_6

https://www.ria.ie/blog/table-turning-a-victorian-fad/

[Ask the Science Couch]

Neuroscience or psychology explanations for deja vu 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-005-0677-3

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4251874/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053810012000049

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420423/

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/the-psychology-of-deja-vu.html

https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/deja-vu

Patreon bonus: Brain-computer interfaces and using technology to detect thoughts

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497935/

https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/21/8639905/brain-control-robot-arm-paralyzed-quadriplegic

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaa5417

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/5/4/23708162/neurotechnology-mind-reading-brain-neuralink-brain-computer-interface

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01304-9

[Butt One More Thing]

Scatomancy pseudoscience vs. fecal tests run by gastroenterologists

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scatomancer_n_4309974

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000704.htm

https://www.columbiadoctors.org/news/how-know-your-colon-healthy

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