Why do people feel like they have seen each other before?

Can the "soul" travel across time? Scientists reveal memory illusion

Everyone will probably encounter a sudden strange feeling once in their life. When watching something,

I will suddenly realize: This happened once, I have been there, done this, heard such words, and the lights were also like this at that time... …At that moment, the brain sends us a signal that it recognizes what is happening. This phenomenon is called memory illusion, also known as recall illusion. How can people have memories of the future?

Most forms of memory illusions are so bizarre that they cannot be explained.

Since ancient Greece, there have been more than a thousand stories recorded in chronicles, chronicles, and philosophical and literary works about people who suddenly felt that they had become someone else, or that they had reached the point of It was another era, and they often quoted many details that even they themselves did not know. Because this never happened, but they discovered and described this strange phenomenon. In 1900, the French doctor Frances Arnault also gave it the name memory illusion. He also concluded that this phenomenon existed not only in vision, but also in the form of auditory illusions, reading illusions, and experiential illusions.

Most forms of memory illusions are so bizarre that they cannot be explained. For example, some people believe that dreams that foretell good or bad luck. According to superstitious people, this is because their souls regularly go back to the past for "business trips", so they see and experience everything. And after a few days or even years, when the dream comes true, they will be surprised to "recognize" the unfamiliar situation. Prediction thus turns into memory. Others attribute these to "ancestral memories" passed down from generation to generation under the influence of strong emotions.

For those who subscribe to the theory of reincarnation, memory illusions are also evidence that they have had past lives.

There are many people who believe in the theory of reincarnation, including some scientists and philosophers. For example, Pythagoras thought he might have been a shepherd in a previous life. Sylvester Stalogne believes that in his past life he was a supervisory post for a nomadic tribe. As for Gianu Liftz, according to her, she was a dancer at the Grand Temple in Bangkok in her previous life. Their memory illusions were confirmed through hypnosis, which allowed them to travel back to their past.

The famous Swiss psychologist and philosopher Carl Gustav Jung first experienced this feeling when he was 12 years old. From then on he became convinced that he was living another life at the same time, sometimes in the 18th century.

Jack London and Conan Doyle also wrote about memory illusions. The comedy "Magic" starring Sulik is the opposite of a memory illusion, which is to say that it is a complete sense of reality as experienced. I remember that when the protagonist in the play was preparing for an exam, he was standing next to a girl while looking for an outline on the street. He was so absorbed in reading that he didn't realize that he had entered her home. But later, when I was "conscious" and visited her home as a guest, I suddenly remembered that I had been here.

What’s the secret behind Russian researchers starting to use holography to explain memory illusions?

Leonid Karashev, a researcher at the Supreme Institute of Humanities of the Russian State University for the Humanities and associate doctor of philosophy, has his own set of unique insights. He said that many scholars believe that memory illusions are caused by excessive fatigue and brain confusion, so they regard the unknown as the known, but he prefers this to be a "holographic illusion."

In his opinion, the principle of holography is that any part of the photo can reproduce all the information of the original photo. In other words, if a photo is torn into pieces, as long as there is one fragment, the entire image of the original photo can be restored. The so-called "holographic" refers to the partial inclusion of overall information. The bizarre phenomenon of memory illusions may well develop in a similar way. In fact, the overall information we are always exposed to in life is stored in the brain in a coded form, but the things we see and hear are hidden very deep, hidden in the subconscious. This information will pop up whenever there is any disturbance, such as smells, sounds, lighting, and momentary encounters with similar situations, all of which will induce us to create an illusion, as if a similar event happened 5-10 years ago. situation. Although if you analyze it carefully, there are still many differences.

Karashev also believes that 17-year-old teenagers are most susceptible to memory illusions because they have little experience and are quite sensitive to various life situations. When you are 35-40 years old, you will be hit by memory illusion for the second time. However, the feeling at this time lacks the innocent joy of adolescence and is more mysterious. By the age of 40, the illusion of memory has become a sadness for all that has passed. Those who suffer from depression, as well as those who are very neurotic and sensitive, often experience memory illusions throughout their lives.

Why does Madonna have the strange feeling that she was once the maid of the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty?

The famous singer Madonna said in a conversation with reporters that when she visited the Forbidden City in Beijing for the first time, she felt as if she was familiar with every remote alley in it, so she dared to assert that, She was once the maid of the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Zina Turner also had the strange feeling of seeing a strange object. When she came to Egypt for the first time, she seemed to suddenly see familiar scenery, and suddenly "remembered" that she had been Queen Hatshepsut's girlfriend during the pharaonic period, or even the queen herself. "007" Shao Connelly said not long ago that he was a doctor from a martial tribe of indigenous African people in his previous life.

Karashev believes that this statement is quite absurd and not credible. But, for example, the reason why Connelly had this weird idea was after he participated in the filming of the film "A Good Man in Africa", in which he played a doctor.

Leo Tolstoy also described his experience of memory illusion in a letter to a friend. He once went hunting and was chasing a rabbit. Unexpectedly, the horse's hoof fell into a pit. He fell off the horse and fell heavily to the ground. At this time, he suddenly remembered clearly that he belonged to another person more than 200 years ago. Sometimes I fell off the saddle and landed like this. Someone asked Karashev, how to explain this?

The scientist’s explanation is: Leo Tolstoy often hunted on horseback and fell many times, so it is not surprising that an unusual situation occurred during one of his falls. Because the weird thing about memory illusions is that they don't appear when you encounter similar situations, but appear when a strange environment hides some elements that can bring you back to the past.

Karashev also believes that the memory illusion is a beautiful feeling of passionate fantasy that can lead to optimism. It also shows people how complex and mysterious the world is, so it is not something to be afraid of.