Term used in psychical research and parapsychology to indicate a form of extrasensory perception in which the subject obtains knowledge of some event in the past by paranormal cognition. This amounts to a kind of backward precognition. F. W. H. Myers combined retrocognition with his theory of "psychorrhagic diathesis" to explain the phenomena of haunting. It was also suggested that apparitions of the dead and visions of the future, owing to a curious inversion of time, may be amenable to retrocognition.
Retrocognition
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| Terminology: | Retrocognition |
| Definition: | The transfer of information from object or event in the past through Psi |
| Signature: | An individual is said to be able to gather information from an external source that is hidden from their traditional senses by time. |
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| AKA: | Postcognition |
| See also: | Psi, Clairvoyance, Telepathy, Parapsychology |
Retrocognition (also known as postcognition), from the Latin retro meaning "backward, behind" and cognition meaning "knowing", is the purported paranormal transfer of information about an event or object in the past. The term was coined by Frederic Myers.[1][1]
Retrocognition, like all forms of psychic functioning, is said by critics such as Robert Todd Carroll to be, in all probability, illusion or fraud.[2]
In Fiction
Many fictional characters in television and movies exhibit this ability, examples of such would be Angela Petrelli of Heroes, Phoebe Halliwell of Charmed and Allison DuBois from Medium.
References
- ^ a b Glossary of Parapsychological terms - Retrocognition — Parapsychological Association (2007-04-28)
- ^ http://www.skepdic.com/psychic.html Entry on "Psychic" in The Skeptic's Dictionary by Robert Todd Carroll, Retrieved July 26, 2007
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