既熟悉又陌生？揭开 Jamais Vu 的心理现象！Ⅰ｜2024年4月号

Look at the following word:

【RIBBON】

Keep staring at it for at least three minutes. Has it stopped looking like a real word?Has its meaning become unclear? If so,you have a case of jamais vu.

This term, which means “never seen” in French, describes a relatively rare condition. People know that something is correct or familiar,but they start to question this. In the example above, they begin wondering if the word is spelled correctly or is even real. They start to believe they’ve never seen it before. It’s the opposite of déjà vu, “already seen,”which is more commonly experienced. With déjà vu, a person encounters an unfamiliar situation, but feels that they’ve experienced it before.

Jamais vu often occurs with words, but it can also happen when you meet someone or go somewhere. Despite knowing you’ve met that person or visited that place before, you start doubting this knowledge. What’s more, musicians have been known to stop in the middle of a familiar song because the tune suddenly seems new. Why does this happen, though?

看看以下的单词：

【RIBBON】

盯着它看至少 3 分钟。它是否已经不像一个真实的字？它的意义是否变得不明确？如果是，你经历了犹昧感。

这个词在法语中意思是「从未见过」，描述了一种相对罕见的情况。人们知道某事物是正确的或熟悉的，但他们开始质疑这一点。在上述的例子中，他们开始怀疑单字是否拼写正确或甚至是否为真。他们开始相信他们以前从未见过这个字。这与既视感相反，既视感更常发生。在既视感的情况下，一个人遇到一个不熟悉的情况，不过却感觉他们以前曾经经历过。

犹昧感通常发生在字词上，但也可能发生在你遇见某人或去某个地方时。尽管你知道你以前见过那个人或去过那个地方，你却开始怀疑自己。再者，为人所知的是，音乐家会在熟悉的歌曲中停下来，因为曲调突然看似变得新颖。但是为什么会这样呢？

1.ribbon (n.)丝带；缎带

Julia wrapped the gift in paper and tied a ribbon around it before she brought it to the party.

2. stare (v.)凝视；注视

    stare at sth/sb 凝视／注视…

Harry stared at the puzzle for a long time, but he still couldn’t solve it.

3. opposite (n.)相对的事物或人

    opposite of sth/sb 相对…的事物或人

Tony’s company is successful now. It was just the opposite ten years ago, when he started it in his garage and had no money.

4. situation (n.)情势；情况

Billy’s parents separated, which stopped them from fighting.His home situation has since become more peaceful and calm.

5. occur (v.)发生

The car accident occurred on this road at 8 o’clock this morning. It’s lucky that no one was hurt.

6. tune (n.)歌曲；曲调

Lisa heard a tune on the radio, and it’s been stuck in her head all day!