Have you ever experienced that uncanny feeling of déjà vu? You know, that strange sensation of having already experienced something happening in the present moment? Déjà vu has long fascinated ...

Just as the magician uses sleight of hand to fool their audience, our brains play mischievous tricks on us — no top hat or wand required. The magic word is not “abracadabra,” or “alakazam,” though; it ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most of us have had that uncanny feeling of a new situation seeming so familiar, it seems as if it’s already happened. Déjà vu is a French term that translates to “already seen” in English. “It refers ...

Déjà vu is a French term that translates to "already seen" in English. "It refers to the eerie and distinct feeling that one has already experienced the current situation or event, even though it's a ...

The experience of déjà vu is both fascinating and unsettling—a fleeting moment where you feel as if you’ve lived through a situation before, even though you know it’s happening for the first time. For ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. We’ve all felt it at some point or another—the eerie feeling of ...