Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. We’ve all felt it at some point or another—the eerie feeling of familiarity ...

Have you ever found yourself in a moment so uncannily familiar that it sends shivers down your spine? That eerie feeling of being sure you’ve experienced something before, even when logic insists ...

New research provides experimental evidence that the sensation of déjà vu can trigger an illusory feeling of being able to predict the future. The findings suggest that when people detect familiarity ...

A few days ago, I was visiting a new coffee shop in an unfamiliar neighborhood. In line to place my order, a polite stranger in front turned around, nodded at me, and said, "Hello." In that otherwise ...

You know that eerie feeling you get when something or someone seems super familiar. It could be a person you believe you've encountered but can't quite put your finger on where, or an experience you ...

Many people have heard of and probably experienced déjà vu — the strange feeling you have already seen or experienced something as you are seeing or experiencing it. But very few people know about the ...