Crytomnesia

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Many in the scientific community suspect that most cases of past life recall is in fact a phenomenon known as cryptomnesia. This is an instance of abnormal or extraordinary memory. In these cases a person, usually under hypnosis, is able to recall with astonishing detail something he or she has read, seen or heard for even the briefest of moments. It’s as if the brain has taken a photograph of that moment and stored it in the subconscious. In one documented case, a psychiatrist’s patient was amazed when his hypnotized patient began writing a passage in an old form of Latin. An investigation revealed that the patient had overseen the passage in a book that someone sitting next to him in a library was reading. (About.com)

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