In the words of Trinity (Carrie Ann), in the movie Matrix,
One reason for this fall of the graph could be that people above the age of 25 don’t focus much on the differentiation between the feeling of familiarity and the reality of the situation. Usually, what baffles researchers that the occurrence of Déjà vu slumps after the age of 25. This might also happen with children below the age of 15 but this can’t be said for sure because children are not able to tell if the reality they are experiencing is more familiar than it should be or not. This phenomenon is mostly observed in young people between the age of 15 to 25. Therefore, the survey is perception-based rather than any physical measurable quantity and that is a very tricky thing to analyze empirically. If they don’t get it, their response might vary. Second and the major reason is people will give different responses according to the definition of Déjà vu they understand. There are two main reasons that we can’t say the exact numbers.įirstly, the results depend on the survey, and we can’t ask everyone in the world, so the survey is to be done on a group of people. If we talk in percentage, then the frequency of people experiencing it will lie in the range of 30 to 80 percent. So here we will discuss the science behind it and try to demystify it.
Usually, people relate this phenomenon in terms of some paranormal or supernatural activity and despite the scientific developments, this topic is poorly understood. Swiss scholar Arthur Funkhouser describes the above two examples as Déjà visite (already visited) and Déjà vécu (already experienced) respectively to differentiate between them. It is called Déjà vu, which is a sudden overwhelming feeling of familiarity with a situation that, you know, is new to you. I am sure most of you had experienced that and it felt strange, right? Or let’s say you are having coffee with your friends and for a moment it clicked that you have experienced the exact same moment before and it is not the first time. Has it ever happened to you that you were walking past a building, and you had a strong feeling that you have seen it somewhere before?
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