Genetic memory refers to memories or knowledge available to an individual from their ancestors, even in the absence of direct contact with them or direct instruction from them. It is distinct from genetic traits such as eye color that are inherited genetically.
Genetic memory is a device used in science fiction but it is not scientifically proven to occur in human beings. Some have theorized that it contributed to the spreading of early human beings across the globe, and others have claimed to have observed the action of genetic memor ...
The role of "junk DNA" in eukaryotic DNA might play an important role in the transmission of so called racial or ancestral memories. The question must be put therefore as to what extent racial or ancestral memories can be encoded advantageously thereby. Several possibilities should come to mind, these would include: bird song memories, fingerprints, or ultimately "how the brain is wired" with respect to c ...
In the 'religion' of Scientology believers think that various plots (Space Opera) used in Science Fiction are actual race memories of events that happened many millions of years ago...for example Star Trek may be a race memory of a real United Federation of Planets.
This idea neatly blends together an unprovable scientific concept with a desire of faith.
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In Jungian psychology, racial memory is a hypothetical type of memory which is not gained through experience or conditioning, but is inherited genetically, as part of a "collective unconscious" of the human species. Racial memory does not define a memory insofar as a specific recollection of an event; instead it references an inherent genetic recollection of the experiences of the ancestral line ...
