On the frequency and nature of the cues that elicit déjà vu and involuntary autobiographical memories

Behav Brain Sci. 2023 Nov 14:46:e370. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X23000134.

Abstract

Barzykowski and Moulin suggest that déjà vu and involuntary autobiographical memories recruit similar retrieval processes. Here, we invite the authors to clarify three issues: (1) What mechanism prevents déjà vu to happen more frequently? (2) What is the role of semantic cues in involuntary autobiographical retrieval? and (3) How déjà vu relates to non-believed memories?

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Cues*
  • Deja Vu
  • Humans
  • Memory, Episodic*
  • Semantics