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 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 ...

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 ...

Almost everybody's experienced that creepy feeling that they've done, seen, or experienced something before — even when it's clear they probably haven't. The phenomenon of déjà vu, the uncanny sense ...

Editor's Note: This article was provided by The Conversation. The original is here. Have you ever experienced a sudden feeling of familiarity while in a completely new place? Or the feeling you’ve had ...

It’s odd, isn’t it? That wistful sense of having been somewhere before, yet knowing full well that this is your first visit. Déjà vu is familiar to virtually all of us, but what exactly is it? Share ...

One drab afternoon a few years ago something very unusual happened to me. I was lounging under a tree in a packed east London park when I experienced a sudden feeling of vertigo, followed immediately ...

"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 ...

Maria Masters is a health writer and editor. Her work appears in Everyday Health, What to Expect, Men's Health, Family Circle, Health, Prevention.com, Men'sJournal.com, and HGTV Magazine, among other ...