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Alan S. Brown

Disciplines:
psychology
parapsychology/déjà vu
cognitive science/cognition

Summary

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.

Core Contribution

Established the scientific research base for understanding déjà vu — surveying laboratory studies, neurological cases, and phenomenological reports to create the most complete empirical picture of the phenomenon — providing the scientific framework within which Jungian and parapsychological interpretations can be evaluated.

Notable Works & Achievements

The Déjà Vu Experience

Historical Influences

Cognitive psychology tradition

Intellectual Lineage

Southern Methodist University

Contemporaries & Peers

Art Funkhouser

Minds Influenced

Déjà vu research Jungian tradition

Intellectual Posterity

The Déjà Vu Experience

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