Èmile Boirac coined the french word Deja vu, which translates directly into English language as “already seen”. Paranemsia ia another word for it. It is that weird feeling you get when you feel as if you have already lived a moment before; and events are actually replaying themselves. It could be a familiar scent, a sound or a taste; which gives you an all too knowing feeling even if there’s been no prior encounter with it.
Of course, as you would guess many theories over the years have originated across the world to give meaning to this unexplained phenomenon. Not fewer than 70-80% of the worlds population ranging between the ages of 15 to 25; have been found to have experiences like this.
What Scientists Are Saying
1. Scientists once postulated that one of the human eyes records events as their unfolding faster than the other eye. Therefore when the second eye finally catches up, it leaves us with a familiar recollection of memories. However this theory fails to hold up because it doesn’t explain why other components of hearing are also involved if its one eye that is slower than the other with recording events. Also, people who have only one eye also complain of having Deja vu.
Also, scientists in the early days attempted to find a connection between Deja vu and mental disorders; such as anxiety and multiple personality disorders but found out there was none. The only disorder which deja vu has closely been identified with is temporal lobe epilepsy. It is a term used to describe seizures that occur in the part of the brain responsible for processing memories (temporal lobe), which was being thrown around by scientists said
Till this day, opinions vary on why human beings seem to be having experiences leaved them with an intense sensation of familiarity. The funniest theory is the notion that people who experience de ja vu are only seeing memories from their past lives.
