Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. We’ve all felt it at some point or another—the eerie feeling of familiarity ...

Have you ever had that weird feeling that you’ve experienced the same exact situation before, even though that’s impossible? Sometimes it can even seem like you’re reliving something that already ...

"Déjà vu" is the eerie sensation that something -- a place, a person, an event -- is oddly familiar to us, even when that cannot possibly be the case. It manifests as our seemingly recognizing a place ...

Déjà vu was first described in scientific literature in the late 1800s, but it took almost another century for the phenomenon to be defined in a uniform fashion suitable for research purposes. The ...

Have you ever had the sense that you’ve done something or gone through a new situation before? Does it seem like you know what’s going to happen next? That feeling is often described as déjà vu, which ...

Memory researchers have a new theory on why déjà vu is accompanied not only by feelings of prediction, but also an 'I knew that was going to happen' feeling. For many, déjà vu is just a fleeting, ...

Explainers aim to demystify conditions that touch thousands of Australians, and offer insights into the latest research.See all 12 stories. Chris Moulin was visiting New York for the first time when ...

A few days ago, I was visiting a new coffee shop in an unfamiliar neighborhood. In line to place my order, a polite stranger in front turned around, nodded at me, and said, "Hello." In that otherwise ...