Michael Molina: What is déjà vu? What is déjà vu?

What is déjà vu? What is déjà vu?

You might have felt it -- the feeling that you've experienced something before, but, in reality, the experience is brand new. There are over 40 theories that attempt to explain the phenomenon of déjà vu. Michael Molina explains how neuroimaging and cognitive psychology have narrowed down the theories that could explain that feeling you're having...again. [Directed by Josh Harris, narrated by Michelle Snow].

Déjà vu is that uncanny feeling of living through a moment twice, even when it’s brand new. Scientists have proposed over 40 theories, but the experience remains slippery and hard to study. Modern brain research has narrowed explanations to a few leading ideas, like brain processing delays and hidden memories triggered by subtle cues. Brief and fleeting, déjà vu invites reflection on how our minds reconstruct reality in real time.