New psychology research sheds light on the mystery of deja vu

New psychology research sheds light on the mystery of deja vu

New research provides experimental evidence that the sensation of déjà vu can trigger an illusory feeling of being able to predict the future. The findings suggest that when people detect familiarity in a novel scene, it creates a subjective sense that they know what will happen next, even when they cannot actually predict the outcome. This study was published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition. Psychologists have studied déjà vu for dec…