What is déjà vu? What is déjà vu? - Michael Molina

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-deja-vu-what-is-deja-vu-michael-molina You might have felt it -- the feeling that you've experienced something before, but, in reality,...

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Have you experienced déjà vu?It's that shadowy feeling you get when a situation seems familiar.A scene in a restaurant plays out exactly as you remember.The world moves like a ballet you've choreographed,but the sequence can't be based on a past experiencebecause you've never eaten here before.This is the first time you've had clams,so what's going on?Unfortunately, there isn't one single explanation for déjà vu.The experience is brief and occurs without notice,making it nearly impossible for scientists to record and study it.Scientists can't simply sit around and wait for it to happen to them --this could take years.It has no physical manifestationsand in studies,it's described by the subject as ...