ABSTRACT

One of the most pervasive findings in the déjà vu literature is that the incidence decreases with age (Adachi, Adachi, Kimura, Akanuma, & Kato, 2001; Adachi et al., 2003; Bernhard-Leroy, 1898; Brauer et al., 1970; Burnham, 1889; Chapman & Mensh, 1951; Dixon, 1963; Dugas, 1894; Ellis, 1911; Fox, 1992; Gallup & Newport, 1991; Gaynard, 1992; Harper, 1969; Irwin, 1996; Kohr, 1980; Kraepelin, 1887, cited in Parish, 1897; Lalande, 1893; Levin, 1993; MacCurdy, 1925; McCready & Greeley, 1976; Oberndorf, 1941; Palmer, 1979; Reed, 1979; Richardson & Winokur, 1967, 1968; Sander, 1874; Sno et al., 1994; Stanford, 1982, 1983; Zuger, 1966) (but see Neppe, 1983d, 1983e, for an exception).