Probing Question: What causes deja vu?
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 10:21
in Psychology & Sociology
If you've ever had that fleeting, mysterious sense that something new -- a city or person you`re seeing for the first time -- is somehow familiar, that you`ve been there or known them before, then you can count yourself among those who have experienced déjà vu. It`s typically a brief sensation, lasting no more than 10 to 30 seconds, but 96 percent of the population claims to have experienced at least one occurrence.