Déjà vu and other dissociative states in memory

The need for a unified framework: How Tulving's framework of memory systems, memory processes, and the SPI-model can guide and sharpen the understanding of déjà vu and involuntary autobiographical memories and add to conceptual clarity

“…“Déjà vus” are described as “brief experiences of familiarity.” In another paper, one of the present authors writes that for déjà vu “the experi[m]ent is aware of a conflict in mental evaluations” (O'Connor, Wells, & Moulin, 2021, p. 835). We propose that in déjà vus, the conscious experience of familiarity that arises in the absence of corroboration from the semantic or episodic-autobiographical systems (recollection-familiarity) is due to a faulty/false retrieval/recognition in the conscious (noetic) perceptual memory system plus or minus priming system.…”

From jamais to déjà vu: The respective roles of semantic and episodic memory in novelty monitoring and involuntary memory retrieval

“…However, in the case of déjà vu, this retrieval attempt may fail, or conflict with the awareness that the experience is novel. Presumably, the experience of jamais vu (Moulin et al, 2021; O'Connor, Wells, & Moulin, 2021) would similarly not be associated with the retrieval of specific memories. However, in that case, it would be due to disrupted semantic retrieval (semantic satiation), which may also deprive episodic memory from a relevant cue.…”