Michelle on Nostr: "when the part of the brain which detects familiarity de-synchronises with reality ...

"when the part of the brain which detects familiarity de-synchronises with reality (we experience) déjà vu . . . the signal which alerts you to this weirdness: it is a type of "fact checking" for the memory system.

But repetition can do something even more uncanny and unusual.

The opposite of déjà vu is "jamais vu", when something you know to be familiar feels unreal or novel in some way"

#Science #TodayILearned #TheresAWordForThat #HumanBrains #FunFact

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-opposite-of-dj-vu-exists-and-its-even-more-uncanny