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Retrocognition, or postcognition, is the ability to look into the past. Information is transferred from an event or object in the past to a person in the present with retrocognitive abilities. Current science is unable to determine the precise means of informational transference.

Two separate types of retrocognition are past life regression and psychometry. Psychometry is the ability to learn about an individual through direct physical contact with one of their possessions. Past life regression entails remembering events that took place in a previous lifetime. Reincarnation is a prerequisite. If Bill could remember events from a former lifetime, when he was called John, then Bill would be the reincarnation of John.

The term "retrocognition" was invented by Frederic William Henry Myers, who lived from 1843 to 1901, and was the lead founder of the Society for Psychical Research.