Déjà Vu: Unraveling the Intriguing Puzzle
Déjà vu, the eerie feeling of reliving an experience, has intrigued scientists for years. Recent research suggests that déjà vu can be triggered by spatial similarities between a new scene and an unrecalled memory. Studies using virtual reality have shown that when people are placed in scenes with the same spatial arrangement as a previous scene they viewed but didn't recall, déjà vu is more likely to occur. While spatial resemblance is one contributing factor to déjà vu, there are likely many other factors at play in this mysterious phenomenon.