ABSTRACT
Whereas déjà vu involves an experience of inappropriate familiarity, one can also experience the opposite illusion of recognition: inappropriate unfamiliarity, or jamais vu. More specifically, a jamais vu experience involves an objectively familiar situation that feels unfamiliar, such as walking into your bedroom and momentarily having no sense of familiarity associated with this setting. Whereas the translation of déjà vu means “already seen,” jamais vu means “never seen.”
