Retrocognition

Retrocognition (also known as postcognition or hindsight[1]), from the Latin retro meaning "backward, behind" and cognition meaning "knowing," describes "knowledge of a past event which could not have been learned or inferred by normal means."[2] The term was coined by Frederic W. H. Myers.[3]

  1. ^ Fischhoff B (2003). "Hindsight not equal to foresight: the effect of outcome knowledge on judgment under uncertainty. 1975". Qual Saf Health Care. 12 (4): 304–11, discussion 311–2. doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.304. PMC 1743746. PMID 12897366.
  2. ^ Dale, L. A., & White, R. A. (1977), or in other words someone gets knowledge about the past life of someone else without the known or ordinary sources but with some kind of power of the brain. It is also considered sixth sense by some people. Glossary of terms can be found in the literature of psychical research and parapsychology. In B. B. Wolman (Ed.), Handbook of Parapsychology (pp. 921–936). New York, NY, US: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
  3. ^ Parapsychological Association (2007). Glossary of Parapsychological terms – Retrocognition Archived 2010-08-24 at the Wayback Machine

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