Deja

Repetition has a strange relationship with the mind. Take the experience of déjà vu, when we wrongly believe we have experienced a novel situation in the past – leaving us with an spooky sense of pastness.But we have discovered that déjà vu is actually a window into the workings of our memory system.Our research found that the phenomenon arises when the part of the brain which detects familiarity de-synchronises with reality. Déjà vu is the signal which alerts you to this weirdness: it is a type of "fact checking" for…

Déjà vu, a sensation where individuals feel as though they’re reliving an experience, has been a subject of intrigue for many. Recent scientific research suggests this phenomenon can be triggered by spatial similarities between a new scene and an unrecalled memory. Various studies, including those using virtual reality, aim to uncover more about the causes of déjà vu. Credit: SciTechDaily.com What is déjà vu? Psychologists are exploring this creepy feeling of having already lived through an experience before.Have you ever…

Déjà Dup is a play on déjà vu and serves as the official backup tool for the GNOME desktop. The tool is also provided with a number of other Linux desktops (such as Budgie). Déjà Dup is so easy to use, anyone can set up a backup.Let me show you just how easy it is.How to create your first Déjà Dup backupWhat you'll need: The only things you'll need for this are a running instance of Linux. If Déjà Dup isn't preinstalled on your desktop, you'll most likely find it available to install from your app store. Also: How to…

Images via Disney Early trailers for Disney’s live-action Little Mermaid continue to generate polarized opinions online. Some people are awaiting the film’s release with bated breath, as they look ahead to Halle Bailey’s big debut as Ariel, and anticipate wonderful performances from the likes of Melissa McCarthy, Awkwafina, and Daveed Diggs. Others are feeling far less optimistic, however, as the flick’s sub-par CGI and, in particular, a broadly-disliked take on Flounder (look how they massacred our boy) sour…

via Sony The entire point behind remaking a movie should theoretically be the idea that it’s going to improve and expand upon an original, which is the bare minimum for justifying its own existence. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall is regarded as a classic for a reason, so there was no chance the 2012 do-over would even be as good, never mind better. Colin Farrell is unquestionably a fantastic actor, but the weakest weapon in his cinematic arsenal has proven to be almost every time he…

It’s an eerie feeling: You walk into a place you know you’ve never been before but are overwhelmed by a sense of familiarity—a memory you can’t quite reach. Has this all happened before? Most people experience this sensation, known as déjà vu, at some point in their lives. It’s a hard feeling to study, though, because it tends to arise spontaneously and be shaken off easily, scientists say. Re-creating it on command in a laboratory is tricky business. Nevertheless, scientists think that déjà vu actually provides a peek…

“It’s the best movie since (fill in the blank).” We’re sure you’ve all heard that one before. Whether it’s DC, Marvel, or otherwise; plenty of established franchises like to compare their latest and greatest to whatever late-great movie currently exists as the gold standard. In DC’s case, it seems they’re still trying to escape the masterpiece that is The Dark Knight. Every new superhero movie made is an opportunity for its marketing team to proudly declare it a cinematic breakthrough — and why wouldn’t they? That’s…

Without a shadow of a doubt, Phase Four has been the most polarizing chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by far, matters that haven’t been helped by Kevin Feige and his team stretching themselves thinner than ever before by expanding into television via raft of Disney Plus shows. Then again, criticism of any franchise tends to be fairly cyclical, with veteran supporters of the comic book saga noticing that we’ve been down this slanderous road before. Following The Avengers, the MCU was firmly established as the…

After centuries of mystery, scientists may have finally discovered an explanation behind the feeling of déjà vu we as humans often experience. While sometimes believed to be supernatural by many in earlier ages, scientists now say it could be tied to how our brain recognizes scenes around us. That feeling, which strikes in random situations, has been the center of many theories since the late 1800s, Anne Cleary, a professor of Cognitive Psychology at Colorado State University, explained in a recent piece…

Have you ever had that weird feeling that you've experienced the same exact situation before, even though that's impossible?Sometimes it can even seem like you're reliving something that already happened. This phenomenon, known as déjà vu, has puzzled philosophers, neurologists, and writers for a very long time.Starting in the late 1800s, many theories began to emerge regarding what might cause déjà vu, which means "already seen" in French.People thought maybe it stemmed from mental dysfunction or perhaps a type of brain…