Jamais Vu: the Mysterious Opposite of Déjà vu You’ve Probably Experienced

Have you ever found yourself stuck in an unexplained feeling of disconnection and eeriness when being faced with some seemingly familiar situation or thing? You could have had jamais vu. The term jamais vu is used by psychologists and neuroscientists to define a mental effect in which a familiar situation…

Implanting False Memories, on the Brink of Reality?

Implanting false memories is one of the favorite themes for science fiction books and movies (such as Total Recall) and is certainly one of the gloomiest scenarios. Thriller movies do not ignore this concept either, keeping audiences breathless, but the reader (or viewer) feels detached from the adventure because they…