Déjà Entendu: Why Do Familiar Sounds Feel Like Memories?
Introduction to Déjà Entendu The phenomenon known as Déjà Entendu, translated literally from French as “already heard,” describes a specific type of paramnesia characterized by the powerful, yet erroneous, subjective conviction that a current auditory stimulus has been experienced previously, even when logical analysis confirms the novelty of the sound, phrase, or piece of music. […]