We have all experienced this before. A certain smell, taste, sight, or combination of all these suddenly trigger a memory. Depending on how vivid or groomed our imaginations are, we can transport virtually to a specific time and place. We can actually return to the time which was triggered by the memory.
2007-03-25 00:18:53 · 5 answers · asked by PT109 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
This happens to me, and I find it refreshing. I can hear a certain song and remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard it. I am 49, and I find it pretty cool to go back in time and reminisce. Smells also do this to me. After my mother died, I got her cedar chest. I opened it and found a scarf that she had worn, and it still had her smell on it. What a great memory that was.
2007-03-25 04:51:56 · answer #1 · answered by ragincajun1957 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well that's kinda cool. ;)
Tho I don't think it can be called a time machine, and we're not exactly 'transported' anywhere, virtually or otherwise. A better term to use would be deja vu, or just recalling something.
But this is just my two cents. To each his own. :)
2007-03-25 02:47:15 · answer #2 · answered by artemis_kenobi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats called remembering something =)
A time machine would allow you to be to physically move from time to time.
2007-03-25 00:22:50 · answer #3 · answered by 2zero9 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I certainly do realize it, and in addition, I carry an internal alarm clock too.
2007-03-25 00:29:20 · answer #4 · answered by WMD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh god! Total Recall...!
Noooooo!!!!
lol
2007-03-25 00:28:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋