%0 Journal Article
%T D¨¦j¨¤ Vu: An Illusion of Prediction
%A Alexander B. Claxton
%A Anne M. Cleary
%J Psychological Science
%@ 1467-9280
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0956797617743018
%X D¨¦j¨¤ vu is beginning to be scientifically understood as a memory phenomenon. Despite recent scientific advances, a remaining puzzle is the purported association between d¨¦j¨¤ vu and feelings of premonition. Building on research showing that d¨¦j¨¤ vu can be driven by an unrecalled memory of a past experience that relates to the current situation, we sought evidence of memory-based predictive ability during d¨¦j¨¤ vu states. D¨¦j¨¤ vu did not lead to above-chance ability to predict the next turn in a navigational path resembling a previously experienced but unrecalled path (although such resemblance increased reports of d¨¦j¨¤ vu). However, d¨¦j¨¤ vu states were accompanied by increased feelings of knowing the direction of the next turn. The results suggest that feelings of premonition during d¨¦j¨¤ vu occur and can be illusory. Metacognitive bias brought on by the state itself may explain the peculiar association between d¨¦j¨¤ vu and the feeling of premonition
%K d¨¦j¨¤ vu
%K cognitive bias
%K bias
%K prediction
%K familiarity
%K open data
%K open materials
%K preregistered
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797617743018