Five quirks of memory that can mess with your sense of reality. 1. Déjà vu "Already seen". The brief and fleeting experience of feeling as though a moment has been lived through previously. 2. Déjà vécu "Already experienced". Déjà vécu describes a prolonged version of déjà vu, in which a holistic sequence of events is falsely remembered. 3. Déjà rêvé "Already dreamed". The experience of feeling as though a waking moment has already been encountered during a dream. 4. Presque vu "Almost seen". Known more commonly as the "tip of the tongue" sensation, presque vu refers to that frustrating feeling of grasping for a word or fact, but then losing sight of it immediately. 5. Jamais vu "Never seen". Commonly associated with amnesia or aphasia, jamais vu describes the experience of not recognising a word, place or person, despite having already encountered them. Author: Pat Long  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |