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Origin of Deja Vu Pinpointed
LiveScience ^
| 6/7/07
| Dave Mosher
Posted on 06/09/2007 2:48:14 PM PDT by LibWhacker
The brain cranks out memories near its center, in a looped wishbone of tissue called the hippocampus. But a new study suggests only a small chunk of it, called the dentate gyrus, is responsible for “episodic” memories—information that allows us to tell similar places and situations apart.
The finding helps explain where déjà vu originates in the brain, and why it happens more frequently with increasing age and with brain-disease patients, said MIT neuroscientist Susumu Tonegawa. The study is detailed today in the online version of the journal Science.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: brain; dejau; dejavu; health; mentalhealth; neuroscience; pinpointed
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To: LibWhacker
I believe its a French word.
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posted on
06/09/2007 2:49:36 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Withhold Taxes - Starve a Liberal)
To: LibWhacker
I thought deja vu was a glitch in the Matrix.
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posted on
06/09/2007 2:50:04 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred")
To: LibWhacker
OH! NO! Not this all over again?
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posted on
06/09/2007 2:50:34 PM PDT
by
vortigern
To: LibWhacker
I know I have read this story before.
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posted on
06/09/2007 2:50:34 PM PDT
by
TaxPayer2000
(The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government,)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
06/09/2007 2:52:20 PM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
06/09/2007 2:52:46 PM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
06/09/2007 2:52:51 PM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
06/09/2007 2:52:51 PM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
To: LibWhacker
This old crap again, I remember the first time they said this I thought it was obvious.
10
posted on
06/09/2007 2:54:16 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
06/09/2007 2:54:53 PM PDT
by
southernnorthcarolina
(These are my principals. If you don't like them, I have others.)
To: LibWhacker
Nope. It originated with Yogi Berra.
"This is like deja vu all over again"
To: southernnorthcarolina
Gosh. That's deja vu all over again!
To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan
Dang. You beat me to it! :-)
To: LibWhacker
It increases with age for a pretty simple reason. With age comes experience, and more opportunities for “deja vu” experiences to occur. The resemblance between any current situation and one resembling a situation that may have been in in the past is much more likely with a greater storehouse of memories.
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posted on
06/09/2007 3:00:05 PM PDT
by
NCLaw441
To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan
“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.”
To: All
OK, if you're like me, you're wondering what a "looped wishbone" looks like. Wonder no more.
The Hippocampus .. A looped wishbone of tissue
BTW, the jokes are crackin' me up, guys! :-)
To: SIDENET
Wee neeed to have a talk, Miiissssterrrr Siiiidennnet.
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posted on
06/09/2007 3:03:59 PM PDT
by
unspun
(What do you think? Please think, before you answer.)
To: LibWhacker
I’m getting a strong sense of Vuja De; the strange feeling that I’ve never read this post before.
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posted on
06/09/2007 3:03:59 PM PDT
by
Redcloak
(The 2nd Amendment isn't about sporting goods.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
06/09/2007 3:04:29 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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