Chapter 9

Question 1

Define and provide an example of déjà vu.

Answer 1

Deja vu is a sensation of familiarity for something that you know to be unfamiliar.
An example is travelling to a new city or country and having a fleeting feeling that you have been there before, even though you know you have not

Question 2

what are the types of deja vu?

Answer 2

1. Associative-Triggered by external stimulus
2. Biological-Triggered by structural or
   chemical abnormality in the
   brain

Question 3

list the the three theories of deja va review in this course

Answer 3

• Dual-processing
• Hologram Theory
• Divided Attention

Question 4

What is the difference between recollection and familiarity?

Question 5

Describe the Remember/Know task. Why is it used in the laboratory?

Question 6

List the general principles that underpin research on subjective experience.

Question 7

describe the Dual-processing theory of deja vu

Question 8

describe the Hologram Theory of deja vu

Question 9

describe the Divided Attention Theory of deja vu

Answer 9

• Brain subliminally encodes an environment while we focus our attention on something
• When attention returns, we feel as if we have been here before
• Brain has been recording everything in peripheral vision, doing this below
  conscious awareness

Question 10

What is temporal lobe epilepsy