Thursday, September 16, 2004
Deja Vu
Feels like you have read this somewhere and you know what's coming next? This New York Times article might tell you why. The article summarizes the recent attention that the phenomenon of deja vu has received from the scientific community and some theories out there. Apparently,
People who travel a lot are more likely to report the experiences than homebodies, for instance, and those with college or advanced degrees report having it more often than others, perhaps because they have encountered its sweet strangeness in the literary accounts of Proust and Tolstoy - or are more likely to rent the movie "Groundhog Day." Rates seem to peak in young adulthood and to fall off gradually through retirement age, when, Dr. Brown suggests, many people live daily routines that really are familiar.
p.s. Groundhog Day is hugely popular among followers of buddhism! Take a look at this article in the Independent.
People who travel a lot are more likely to report the experiences than homebodies, for instance, and those with college or advanced degrees report having it more often than others, perhaps because they have encountered its sweet strangeness in the literary accounts of Proust and Tolstoy - or are more likely to rent the movie "Groundhog Day." Rates seem to peak in young adulthood and to fall off gradually through retirement age, when, Dr. Brown suggests, many people live daily routines that really are familiar.
p.s. Groundhog Day is hugely popular among followers of buddhism! Take a look at this article in the Independent.
