Everyone knows what Deja vu is. But did you know that there's still something more than you know? Since I was so curious about my topic, I did more researches and found out that there are also different types of Deja vu.
In the article "Never Heard About" by Anna Lemind, it is stated in the article that according to psychologist Arthur Funkhouser, there are three types of Deja vu experiences. They are Deja vecu, Deja senti and Deja viste.
1. Deja vecu is when a person is almost always speaks of deja vu when he really means deja vecu. It can be translated as "I have already experienced this." Deja vecu experience involves much more than simple visual stimuli. This is the reason why it is said that the term deja vu is always misused because it means "I have already seen this" which is wrong. This should contain much more detail and information, and the person experiencing it feels that everything is exactly as it was in the past. Deja vecu is the most common and interesting case of Deja vu. This is
suppported by the number of studies, experiments and surveys that
explains the phenomenon.
2. Deja senti are experiences that has something to do with human emotions. It can be translated as "I have allready felt this." This type is unlike the other two types of deja vu, deja senti does not include any paranormal and is something completely natural. And many epileptic patients often experience deja senti, something that can help in the research of the other two types of deja vu experiences.
3. Deja visite is the paradoxical feeling that we know a place we have never visited before. Also, this is a more specific feeling. It is for example, you visit a city for the first time then you know the exact way to get to his destination knowing that it is impossible.
Lemind says, "What is called 'deja vu' is not in reality deja vu, but only a type of it." It clearly states that deja vu is just the overall of it. It is differentiate into three types based on its focus.
According to the article "Types of Deja vu" by Lee Ann Obringer, Alan Brown, a professor of psychology at South Methodist University believes that there are three reasons that causes deja vu. The biological dysfunction, implicit familiarity and divided perception. On the other hand, Dr. Vernon Neppe, proposed some subcategories for deja vu.
The said subcategories are Associative deja vu and Biological deja vu:
Associative deja vu is the said category which is the most common type experienced by normal and healthy people. This is where you see, hear, smell or otherwise experience something that makes you feel like it is something you've seen, heard, smelled or experienced before.
While in Biological deja vu, those who are with temporal lobe epilepsy are most likely the people who has high occurences of deja vu. They have high possibilities to experience deja vu just before having seizures. Some researchers said that they've already studied and identify the areas of the brain where these types of deja vu signals originate so it is now more reliable. However, some said that this type is different from typical deja vu.
Obringer said that, "Defining types of déjà vu is a very slippery area," which I think I have to agree. There are so many studies conducted for this. If the research is opinionated, then it is not reliable enough. So we should really dig deeper to find the right answers.
I also found out that psychiatric disorders, anxiety, depression and dissociative disorders also causes deja vu. Wherein people tend to imagine and picture out things they want to happen.
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