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cognition

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Alan S. Brown

American psychologist at Southern Methodist University who wrote The Déjà Vu Experience — the most comprehensive scientific review of déjà vu research — surveying the cognitive, neurological, and phenomenological literature on the feeling of familiarity for new situations.

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The Deja Vu Experience

Alan S. Brown's 2004 comprehensive review of the scientific literature on déjà vu — covering its frequency, triggers, neurological basis, and psychological meaning — the most complete empirical treatment of the phenomenon.

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