1st Edition

The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Déjà Vu

By Chris Moulin Copyright 2018
214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

Déjà vu is one of the most complex and subjective of all memory phenomena. It is an infrequent and striking mental experience, where the feeling of familiarity is combined with the knowledge that this feeling is false. While until recently it was an aspect of memory largely overlooked by mainstream cognitive psychology, this book brings together the growing scientific literature on déjà vu,... Read more

Figures, Tables,  1 An introduction to the cognitive neuropsychology of déjà vu,  2 What’s French for déjà vu? a historical overview,  3 The human recognition memory system,  4 Classifying déjà vu,  5 Theories of déjà vu formation,  6 Individual difference studies of déjà vu,  7 Déjà vu in epilepsy,  8 Recollective confabulation,  9 The cognitive neuropsychiatry of déjà vu,  10 Producing déjà vu in the laboratory,  11 Déjà vu: where have we been and where are we going?,  Acknowledgements,  References,  Index

Biography

Chris Moulin is Professor of Cognitive Psychology and a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France. After conducting his PhD on metacognition in Alzheimer’s disease, supervised by Tim Hollins and Alan Baddeley, he held posts in Bristol, Reading, Bath and Leeds before moving to France in 2012.