Retrocognition

Retrocognition, literally known " by the knowledge", also called post Cognition refers to a form of alleged "back seeing" or "after announcement" of an event or state of affairs from the past, without the need for rational knowledge would have been at the time of Return vision available, the counterpart to this is the precognition.

The term was coined by Frederic WH Myers, who retrocognition understood as knowledge of a past event, the normal means would not have learned or it can be closed, which is not therefore the result of conclusions or memories.

Retrocognition was long considered not verifiable phenomenon, because in order to check that a certain retro cognitive experience has actually occurred, existing documents and human knowledge about the existence of this event must be checked, which can not be excluded with certainty that the relevant person had not become aware of these documents before, rational knowledge at the time of Return vision can actually be excluded.

When retrocognition the sufferers experience one term events and situations as vivid as they were transported back to the past. Probably for this reason develop in some mystery or science fiction films and television series figures this ability, such as Angela Petrelli on the show Heroes, Phoebe Halliwell in Charmed and Allison DuBois in Medium - Nothing is hidden. In the series Fringe - limiting cases of the FBI, the term Retrocognition was taken with the third season in the opening credits.