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On the frequency and nature of the cues that elicit déjà vu and involuntary autobiographical memories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2023

Ricardo Morales-Torres
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, and Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA ricardo.morales.torres@duke.edu felipe.debrigard@duke.edu https://www.imclab.org/people
Felipe De Brigard
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, and Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA ricardo.morales.torres@duke.edu felipe.debrigard@duke.edu https://www.imclab.org/people

Abstract

Barzykowski and Moulin suggest that déjà vu and involuntary autobiographical memories recruit similar retrieval processes. Here, we invite the authors to clarify three issues: (1) What mechanism prevents déjà vu to happen more frequently? (2) What is the role of semantic cues in involuntary autobiographical retrieval? and (3) How déjà vu relates to non-believed memories?

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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