Books and theses

Many of the books listed below have extensive bibliographies.

For information about research papers that have been published, refer to the abstracts sections.

Should a reference be needed that is not included in one of the books, theses or abstracts, please contact the website author.

Recommended books

•  Moulin C. (2018) The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Déjà Vu (NY/London: Routledge).
  
  
• Vlasov, P. N. (2017) Fenomen dezha vi︠u︡ v praktike nevrologa: monografii︠a︡. Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo "Flinta": Izdatelʹstvo "Nauka" (in Russian).
• Martin, C. B, Fiacconi, C. M. & Köhler, S. (2015) Déjà vu: A window into understanding the cognitive neuroscience of familiarity. Chapter 9, p. 172 in: The Wiley Handbook on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory, Donna Rose Addis, Morgan Barense and Audrey Duarte (eds). Chichester, West Sussex, UK; Malden, MA, USA: Wiley Blackwell.
  
  
• Cleary, A. M. (2014) On the empirical study of déjà vu: Borrowing methodology from the study of the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. Chapter 12, p. 264 in: Tip-of- the-tongue States and Related Phenomena, Bennett L. Schwartz and Alan S. Brown (eds). Cambridge, U. K. :Cambridge
  University Press; pp. 75–94.
  
  
• Moulin, C. J. A., Souchay C., Buchanan, S., Bradley R. Karadoller, D. Z. Akan, M. (2014) Déjà vu in older adults. Chapter 13, p. 281 in: Tip-of-the-tongue states and related phenomena, Bennett L. Schwartz and Alan S. Brown (eds). New York, NY : Cambridge University Press.
  
  
• Moulin, C. J. A. and Chauvel, P. (2010) Déjà vu : insights from the dreamy state and the neuropsychology of memory in Current issues in applied memory research, Graham M. Davies & Daniel B. Wright (eds). Hove [England]: Psychology Press.
  
  
• Jones M. D., Flaxman L. (2010) The Déjà Vu Enigma: A Journey Through the Anomalies of Mind, Memory and Time. Franklin Lakes, NJ: New Page Books.
  
  
• Smith, J. C. (2009) Reality Checking for Memory Errors, in Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker's Toolkit. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK., doi: 10.1002/9781444310122.ch8
  
  
• Neppe, V.M, (ed), Funkhouser, A. T. (sub-ed) (2006) Déjà Vu:  A Second Look. Seattle, WA, USA, Brainvoyage.com (Brainquest Press).
  
  
• Neppe, V. M. (2006) Déjà Vu Revisited. Seattle, WA, Brainvoyage.com (Brainquest Press).
  
  
• Neppe, V. M. (2006) Déjà Vu: Glossary and Library. Seattle, Brainvoyage.com.
  
  
• Brown, A. S. (2004) the déjà vu experience. New York: Psychology Press. (This is still in print and can be ordered from Amazon.)
  
  
• Oesterle, G. (2003) Déjà-Vu in Literatur und bildender Kunst. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. (Herr Oesterle is the editor of this book in German. It is also available from the German Amazon.)
  
  
• Cohen, J. D. and Schooler J. W. (eds) (1997) Scientific approaches to consciousness. Mahwah, NJ, USA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
  
  
• Ryback, D., Sweitzer, L. (1990) Dreams That Come True. New York: Ivy Books. (This is out of print, unfortunately. I hope it will be reprinted).
  
  
• Neppe, V. M. (1983) The Psychology of Déjà vu: Have we Been Here Before? Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press. This book has been updated and is available for purchase on-line.
  
  
• Von Franz, M.-L. (1974) Number and Time: Reflections leading towards a unification of psychology and physics. London: Rider & Company.
  
  
• Mylius C (1974) Traumjournal: Experiment mit der Zukunft [Dream Journal: Experiment with the Future]. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt.
  
  
• Dunne, J. W. (1927) An Experiment with Time. London: A. & C. Black, Ltd. (The full 1927 edition can be read here).
  
  
• Thibault, E. J. A. J. (1899) Étude de psychologie Morbide ... : Essai psychologique et clinique sur la sensation du "Déja Vu". Bordeaux
  
  
• Wigan, A. L. (1844) The Duality of the Mind. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. Reprinted in 1985 and published by Joseph Simon.

Doctoral theses

• Kostic B. (2010) Using a change-detection task to simulate divided perception and its effects on recognition memory for objects. Colorado State University (abstract in section one: Literary description) Dissertation/thesis number: 3419056, ProQuest document ID: 750992765
  
  
• Breen, R. (2008) The nature, incidence, impact and integration of spontaneous parapsychological experiences : an exploratory mixed methods research study. Dissertation, Monash University. Faculty of Education, Clayton, Vic. (abstract in section seven: Parapsychology research)
  
  
• O'Connor, A. R. (2007) States of awareness and recognition: insights from deja vu.  University of Leeds. (abstract in section three: Déjà experiences that are not associated with diagnosed pathology)
  
  
• Noriega M. d J. Timelessness (2007) Pacifica Graduate Institute, California (abstract in section one: Literary description) Dissertation/thesis number: 3281471, ProQuest document ID: 304717682
  
  
• Watkins K. J-A. (2004) The role of counselor spirituality and training on counselor treatment focus, self-reported willingness, and self-reported competency in therapy, University of Northern Colorado (abstract in Section two: Surveys) Dissertation/thesis number: 3158427, ProQuest document ID: 305135390
  
  
• Chen Y.  (2002) New techniques for content-based image/video retrieval, classification, and analysis. New York Polytechnic University (abstract in section one: Literary description) Dissertation/thesis number: 3041689, ProQuest document ID: 276263874
  
  
• Krapp P.O. (2000) Deja vu. Aberrations of memory in literature and media. University of California, Santa Barbara (abstract in section one: Literary description) Dissertation/thesis number: 3034842, ProQuest document ID: 287835395
  
  
• Arnzen M. A. (1999) The popular uncanny. University of Oregon (abstract in section seven: Parapsychology research) Dissertation/thesis number: 9940389, ProQuest document ID: 304541308
  
  
• Melechi A. (1999) The altered mind: A study of some forms of visionary intoxication. The University of York (UK) (abstract in section one: Literary description) Dissertation/thesis number: C823022, ProQuest document ID: 304564387
  
  
• Davis J. D. (1997) Dissociation and posttraumatic stress disorder in former second world war prisoners of war. The Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, New York (abstract in Section five: Déjà experiences associated with psychiatric pathology)
  
  
• Sloan P. E. (1994) A study of psi: Manifestations of phenomena and experiences of ordinary and extraordinary people. The Union Institute, Ohio (abstract in Section two: Surveys)
  
  
• Sno, H. N. (1993) The Déjà vu Esperience: A Psychiatric Perspective. University of Amsterdam.
  
  
• Jansen, J. (1991) Das Déjà vu-Erlebnis. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
  
  
• Neppe V. M. (1981) A study of deja vu experience, Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand.
  
  
• Buhecker C. (1930) Le sentiment du deja vu en pathologie particulierement dans la schizophrenie (paraphrenie), Faculte de Medecine de Strasbourg (France)
  
  
• Albes, A. (1906) L'Illusion de Fausse Reconnaissance. Faculté de Médecine de Paris.
  
  
• Tobolowska, J. (1900) Etude sur les Illusions du Temps. Faculté de Médecine de Paris.
  
  
• Thibault, E. J. A. J. (1899) La Sensation du "Déjà Vu". Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Bordeaux.
  
  
• Bernhard-Leroy, E. (1898) Etude sur I'Illusion de Fausse Reconnaissance. Faculté de Médecine de Paris.

Masters theses

• Redgård R (2010) Scientific Theories on the Déjà Vu Phenomenon. Masters thesis: University of Skövde, School of Humanities and Informatics
  
  
• Ito, K. (2000) The déjà vu phenomenon in a non-clinical population. The University of Buckingham.Arnzen, M. A. (1999)
  
  
• Bousquet M. H. (1998) Moments of transcendence: A psychospiritual interpretation of psychic, conversion, and mystical experiences. Acadia University (Canada) (abstract in section seven: Parapsychology research)
  
  
• Franze, M. and Koschnitzki, S. (1997) Déjà-Vu: Eine Studie zu Erforschung von Déjà-Vu-Erlebnissen unter persönlichkeitstheoretischen Aspekten. Universität Koblenz-Landau.
  
  
• Schmutte, K. (1990) Auftreten, erleben und bewältung von Deja-Vu Erlebnissen in einer nicht klinischen Population: Eine Validierungsstudie. Universität Hamburg.
  
  
• Krafft, R. (1990) Déjà Vu und Depersonalisation: Eine empirische Untersuchung an einer nichtklinischen Stickprobe. Universität Hamburg.
  
  
• Berendt, R. (1988) Déjà-Vu bei Gesunden: Quantative und qualitative Merkmale und der Zusammenhang mit spezifischen Denkweisen (nach Guilford). Universität Hamburg.
  
  
• Alvis, G. R. (1987) Individual differences in experience of deja vu, attention, and nervous system strength. Memphis State University.
  
  
• Rauwald, M. (1984) Depersonalisation und Déjà Vu: Eine empirische Untersuchung. Universität Hamburg.
  
  
• Frank, D. S. (1983) Sudden Light : the mystery of deja vu. Master of Arts (M.A.), Humanistic and Clinical Psychology. (abstract in the psychology section)

Bachelors theses

• Pontau, J. R. (2002) Neural Correlates of Déjà Vu and Dissociation: The Roles of the Amygdala and Hippocampus in the Prevalence of Déjà Vu Used as an Indicator for the Severity of Dissociation and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Bowling Green State University. (abstract in section five: Déjà experiences associated with psychiatric pathology)