2nd Edition

The Déjà Vu Experience

By Anne M. Cleary, Alan S. Brown Copyright 2021
290 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

290 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

290 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Déjà vu Experience, Second Edition covers the latest scientific discoveries regarding the strange sense of familiarity most of us have felt at one time or another when doing something for the first time. The book sheds light on this mysterious phenomenon, considering the latest neurophysiological investigations and research on possible reasons why déjà vu is often associated with a... Read more

List of Figures  Preface  Acknowledgments  Part I The Study of Déjà vu  1. Introduction  2. Methods of Investigating Déjà vu  3. Incidence of Déjà vu  4. Nature of the Déjà vu Experience  Part II  Factors Related to Déjà vu  5. Physical and Psychological Variables Related to Déjà vu  6. Epilepsy and Déjà vu  7. Are Certain Brain Regions Associated with Déjà vu?  8. Schizophrenia and Déjà vu  Part III Theory  9.   Familiarity Explanations of Déjà vu  10. Processing Disruption Explanations of Déjà vu  11. Other Related Experiences  12. Association of Déjà vu with the Paranormal  Part IV Summary and Future Directions  13. Future Directions  References  Author Index  Subject Index

Biography

Anne M. Cleary is a Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Colorado State University. She received her BS from John Carroll University in Ohio, and her PhD from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio. Dr. Cleary has published 63 professional articles and book chapters, as well as two previous books.

Alan S. Brown retired as an Emeritus Professor in the Psychology Department at Southern Methodist University, after teaching there for 44 years. He received his BA from the College of Wooster in Ohio, and PhD from Northwestern University in Illinois.  Dr. Brown has published 87 professional articles and book chapters, as well as eight books, covering various theoretical and applied aspects of human memory and cognition.