Which quotation best summarizes the Gestalt familiarity hypothesis?

A. "People thought maybe it stemmed from a problem in the brain. Or maybe it was a temporary hiccup in the otherwise normal operation of human memory." (Paragraph 2)

B. "He determined that the most common trigger of déjà vu is a scene or place, and the next most common trigger is a conversation." (Paragraph 4)

C. "déjà vu can happen when there's a spatial resemblance between a current scene and an unrecalled scene in your memory." (Paragraph 6)

D. "For example, imagine you're passing the front office in a new school. Although you've never been to this school before, you are struck with a feeling that you have." (Paragraph 7)

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C. "déjà vu can happen when there's a spatial resemblance between a current scene and an unrecalled scene in your memory." (Paragraph 6)

This quotation best summarizes the Gestalt familiarity hypothesis, as it directly relates to the idea that déjà vu occurs when there is a similarity between a present experience and a past one that is not consciously recalled.