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Reducing State Anxiety Using Working Memory Maintenance

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Déjà vu experiences in anxiety.

Christine E Wells¹, Akira R O'Connor², Chris J A Moulin³

¹School of Social and Health Sciences, Leeds Trinity University, Leeds, UK.

Memory (Hove, England)

|November 3, 2018

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Individuals with clinical anxiety experience déjà vu more often and intensely than others. This study found anxiety significantly impacts the frequency, intensity, and distress associated with déjà vu episodes.

Keywords:

Déjà vu anxiety decoupled familiarity memory theta

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Clinical Psychology

Background:

Déjà vu is an erroneous sense of familiarity with novel events, potentially linked to recognition memory errors.
Previous research suggests a correlation between high anxiety levels and increased déjà vu frequency and intensity.
Limited research has specifically characterized déjà vu experiences in individuals with clinical anxiety.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate and characterize the experience of déjà vu in individuals with a clinical diagnosis of anxiety.
To compare the frequency, intensity, and distress of déjà vu episodes between an anxiety group and healthy controls.
To explore potential differences in déjà vu phenomenology related to anxiety.

Main Methods:

An online questionnaire was administered to collect data from participants.
Participants included individuals self-reporting a clinical diagnosis of anxiety and age-matched healthy controls.
Data collected focused on the frequency, intensity, and distress of recent déjà vu episodes.

Main Results:

The Anxiety Group reported significantly higher frequencies of déjà vu over the past month compared to controls.
Individuals with anxiety experienced déjà vu more frequently and with greater intensity during periods of high anxiety.
The Anxiety Group reported significantly greater distress from déjà vu episodes than the Control Group.

Conclusions:

Significant differences exist in the déjà vu experiences of individuals with high anxiety compared to healthy controls.
Anxiety appears to influence the frequency, intensity, and subjective distress associated with déjà vu.
Findings suggest a need to consider anxiety's role in the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying déjà vu.