Mental Process
deja vu
Subclass of:
Memory
Definitions related to deja vu:
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Illusion of visual recognition in which a new situation is incorrectly regarded as a repetition of a previous experience. See also paramnesia.Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and PsychologyBJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
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(deja vu aura) A subjective feeling that an experience which is occurring for the first time has been experienced before.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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