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Quickly write the word 'dog' as many times as you can until you lose concentration.

Jamais vu is a signal in the brain to "snap out" if something has become too automatic, too repetitive. Picture Shutterstock

If you found the word 'dog' suddenly becomes unfamiliar, you've just experienced the phenomenon known as 'jamais vu'.

This is based on an experiment conducted by researchers with undergraduate students. They found that 70 per cent of par

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