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What is déjà vu? Psychologists are exploring this creepy feeling of having already lived through an experience before

  • Written by Anne Cleary, Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Colorado State University
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Why do people experience déjà vu? – Atharva P., age 10, Bengaluru, India


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