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Volunteers for déjà vu study wanted. Come again? By Paul Stokes (Filed: 02/02/2006) University researchers are conducting the world's first study into déjà vu - the feeling that something one is experiencing has happened before. They are seeking volunteers who are chronic sufferers of the condition, which takes its name from the French phrase for "already seen". Psychologists from Leeds University are being funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and will attempt to recreate déjà vu in laboratory conditions. The project coincides with "Groundhog Day" which was set as Feb 2 in the eponymous Hollywood film and is...

Deja vote in the desert The presidential campaign of Sen. John Kerry often seems to embody Yogi Berra's line, "This is like deja vu all over again." Mr. Kerry takes a popular position in a potential swing state, only to have his Senate record show that he had often voted the opposite way. Mr. Kerry committed that deja vu all over again earlier this week. While campaigning in Las Vegas for the five electoral votes of the currently deadlocked state of Nevada, Mr. Kerry declared his opposition to the high-level nuclear waste repository being built at Yucca Mountain: "I can...

Has your FreeRepublic post been dissiminated in a newsgroup for "educational" discussion? I just did a search for my FR login name on groups.google.com. I didn't realize how often our discussions are being cut up and released in newsgroups. One guy (below) in particular distributes a lot of them. Might be interesting to search on your FR login at http://groups.google.com Jai Maharaj http://www.mantra.com/jai Om Shanti Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the educational purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post may not have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the...