Theory 82/Déjà vu/Rate lens
Déjà Vu Is a Timing Mismatch
The claim
Déjà vu occurs when the familiarity signal arrives faster than the recollection signal, so the mismatch is a rate difference rather than a memory error.
01Mechanism
Two pathways process the same event at different speeds; when familiarity leads, the event feels remembered but cannot be placed.
02Prediction
Frequency should track pathway timing.
03Refutation
Frequency tracking memory accuracy would remove the timing.