{"id":24379,"date":"2023-02-27T09:33:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T08:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=137880"},"modified":"2023-02-27T10:35:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T09:35:12","slug":"instant-genius-podcast-the-extraordinary-psychology-of-deja-vu-with-dr-akira-oconnor","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/instant-genius-podcast-the-extraordinary-psychology-of-deja-vu-with-dr-akira-oconnor\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Genius Podcast: The extraordinary psychology of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu, with Dr Akira O\u2019Connor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why experiencing this strange memory illusion is a sign of a healthy brain (and not a glitch in the matrix). <\/p>

By Thomas Ling\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 27 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Instant Genius<\/em> is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. And in this episode we\u2019re delving into the surprising neuroscience of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu.<\/p>\n

Sorry if we\u2019ve already asked, but do you know what causes d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu? Or why you experience it less as you get older? Just in case you\u2019re unsure, we got the answers from Dr Akira O\u2019Connor<\/a>, senior psychology lecturer at the University of St Andrews.<\/p>\n

In this episode, he talks us through the bizarre neuroscience of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu, from what makes you more prone to it, to how you can easily create an artificial sense of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu in somebody else.<\/p>\n\n<p>Find\u00a0<em>Instant Genius<\/em>\u00a0on your preferred podcast platform here:\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to more episodes of Instant Genius:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/planet-earth\/instant-genius-podcast-winter-storms\/"\">Instant Genius Podcast: Winter storms, with Alex Deakin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-of-lying-with-professor-richard-wiseman\/"\">The science of lying, with Professor Richard Wiseman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-fungal-infections\/"\">Fungal infections, with Dr Rebecca Drummond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-get-more-time-in-your-day\/"\">How to get more time in your day, with Dr Ashley Whillans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/news\/worlds-ageing-population\/"\">The world\u2019s ticking demographic time bomb, with Prof Jane Falkingham<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-science-persuasion\/"\">The science of persuasion, with Prof Vanessa Bohns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Why experiencing this strange memory illusion is a sign of a healthy brain (and not a glitch in the matrix). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":24380,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-extraordinary-psychology-of-deja-vu-with-dr-akira-oconnor.jpg",940,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-extraordinary-psychology-of-deja-vu-with-dr-akira-oconnor-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-extraordinary-psychology-of-deja-vu-with-dr-akira-oconnor-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-extraordinary-psychology-of-deja-vu-with-dr-akira-oconnor-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-extraordinary-psychology-of-deja-vu-with-dr-akira-oconnor.jpg",800,340,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-extraordinary-psychology-of-deja-vu-with-dr-akira-oconnor.jpg",940,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-extraordinary-psychology-of-deja-vu-with-dr-akira-oconnor.jpg",940,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Why experiencing this strange memory illusion is a sign of a healthy brain (and not a glitch in the matrix).","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/24379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}