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. 1990 Dec;147(12):1587-95.
doi: 10.1176/ajp.147.12.1587.

The déjà vu experience: remembrance of things past?

H N Sno  1 , D H Linszen
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Review

The déjà vu experience: remembrance of things past?

H N Sno et al. Am J Psychiatry. 1990 Dec.

Abstract

The déjà vu experience is a common phenomenon, occurring in pathological as well as nonpathological conditions. It has been defined as any subjectively inappropriate impression of familiarity of a present experience with an undefined past. The authors discuss the epidemiologic data, clinical features, and etiology of the phenomenon of déjà vu. They also review the different hypotheses on the psychopathogenesis of the déjà vu experience and introduce an explanation based on the hologram as a mnestic model.

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