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Title : Dj vu: What are the causes of dj vu?
Specific purpose : To inform my audience about definition, types of dj vu and
the causes of dj vu.
Central idea : Dj vu proposed the three types of dj vu, and also the
cause, which are, the relation to the subconscious mind, the
perception that occur in the split-image of the brain, familiarity
and collection of memories, past experiences, and moving of
souls.
I. Introduction
A. The most common technical definition of dj vu (French for already seen) is any
subjectively inappropriate impression of familiarity of a present experience with an
undefined past. (Stanton, 2010)
B. It is rare and fleeting phenomenon, intriguing rather than disturbing. (Carter, 2007)
II. The types of dj vu have been classified by Arthur Funkhousers.
A. Dj vecu is the feeling that the present scenario has been experienced in the past - the
details are identical and it is possible to predict what will happen next.
1. The person that experienced the event will simply predict the future because the
person immediately recognizes the event.
B. Dj senti an act of reminiscing, triggered by a thought or a voice.
C. Dj visite is either physical or geographical. The experience is associated with a
location, familiar inanimate objects, or a particular situation.
III. Dj vu is a manifestation of the subconscious mind. (Awake, 2010)
A. Just an extreme reaction of your brain's memory system when encountering things
with lots of familiar objects just set up a little differently
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B. It is said that when we are sleeping, the subconscious mind is wide awake. This is
where the dream is made of.
IV. It comes from the past dreams that we have experienced.
A. What have we seen in the dreams might occur in real life.
B. The dreams are called precognitive dreams or clairvoyant dreams. (Layne, 2011)
1. Film-makers use dream like moments and symbolisms in feeling to create that
same feeling with dj vu so that we can understand better the messages they are
sending even after we left the cinemas.
V. The split-image school holds that two parts of the brain participate simultaneously in the
process of perception.
A. Lacking some specific receptors in the hippocampus area of the brain have responses
similar to dj vu, so the theory is that dj vu can be just a temporary disorientation
in the hippocampus, which is the part of the brain responsible for sense of direction
and forming new memories.
B. There are portions of the brain that are specialized for the past, present and future.
VI. All theories of memory acknowledge that remembering requires two cooperating
processes: familiarity and recollection. (Reber, 2010)
A. Familiarity occurs quickly, before the brain can recall the source of the feeling.
B. Conscious recollection depends on the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, whereas
familiarity depends on regions of the medial temporal cortex.
VII. Our souls travel to past, present and future, different realms
A. Our souls can expand without limitation.
1. The situation that we see in the dream is where the soul is expanding to other
realms while we are sleeping.
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B. The different realms are past, present, future, grave, paradise and also hell. It can
move anywhere but, in one condition, it cannot leave the body. If it leaves the body,
then the person is already dead (Yavuz, 2011)
VIII. Conclusions
A. All of theories of the causes of dj vu are related to dreams. It means, the dreams
can be the recall moment of the past, or awareness for the future.
B. Sometimes, dj vu may occur without our realization. It is because sometimes we
do not remember what we actually dreamt of last night.
1. We shoud take consideration of the small things that happen to us, including dj
vu to make our lives more meaningful.











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References
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4. Stanton, D. (February, 2012). What causes dj vu? Retrieved November 23, 2012,
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5. Layne, B. (November, 23, 2012). What causes dj vu? Retrieved November 23,
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