Department of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Erfocentrum, Amersfoort, the Netherlands Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, VU University Medical C...

To contribute to the identification of brain regions involved in déjà-vu, we studied the metabolic pattern of cortical involvement in patients with seizures of temporal lobe origin presenting with or without déjà-vu. Using voxel-based analysis of 18FDG-PET brain scans, we compared glucose metabolic rate of 8 patients with déjà-vu, 8 patients without déjà-vu, and 20 age-matched healthy subjects....

In cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) herbivory and oral secretions (OS) elicit phytohormone production and volatile emission due to inceptin [Vu-In; ICDINGVCVDA], a peptide derived from chloroplastic ATP synthase g-subunit (cATPC) proteins. Elicitor-induced plant volatiles can function as attractants for natural enemies of insect herbivores. We hypothesized that ...

Recent neuropsychological and neuroscientific research suggests that people who experience more déjà vu display characteristic patterns in normal recognition memory. We conducted a large individual differences study (n = 206) to test these predictions using recollection and familiarity parameters recovered from a standard memory task. Participants reported déjà vu frequency and a number of its ...

Normal patterns of déjà experience in a healthy, blind male: Challenging optical pathway delay theory. Abstract We report the case of a 34 year-old healthy, blind male, MT, who experiences normal patterns of déjà vu. The optical pathway delay theory of déjà vu formation assumes that neuronal input from the optical pathways is necessary for the formation of the experience. Surprisingly, although...

1. Biological Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2. MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, UK 3. UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK 4. EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research (EMGO+), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 5. Max Planck Institute for Ps...

With regard to both psychological and physiological processes, ambulatory measurement is 'worth the trouble' because it provides higher ecological validity and higher predictive validity for clinical outcomes than laboratory studies. This observation has led to the development of the VU University Ambulatory Monitoring System (VU-AMS) that specifically focuses on ambulatory assessment of activi...

For over a century, the phenomenon of déjà vu has attracted much interest, and in recent times, it has been studied by researchers in various scientifi c fi elds (e.g., Brown, 2003, 2004; Sno & Linszen, 1990). Empirical studies of déjà vu phenomena have used interviews and questionnaires with normal people as well as psychiatric patients (e.g., Neppe, 1983; Sno & Linszen, 1990; Sno, Schalken, d...

1 Alzheimer Center & Department of Neurology, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2 Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands, 3 Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, 4 Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands, 5 Department of C...

French expression standing for the phrase "already seen" is a déjà vu. It is thought that as much as 97% of the population have experienced déjà vu at least once in their lifetime and 67% experience it regularly. The explanations of this phenomenon in novels and poems include reincarnation, dreams, organic factors, and unconscious memories. In this narrative review connection between déjà vu an...