Throughout the ages mystics have claimed to have a 'sixth sense' - that they can predict whether or not something good or or bad is about to happen, or that they have links to another, paranormal world.
But, according to recent research, being able to see into the future or sense strange happenings is merely a trick of the mind that has been misinterpreted for millenia.
While experts did find that people reliably 'sensed' when changes occurred in a scene - even when they couldn't tell exactly what had altered - they said that the idea that it was down to a special power was fundamentally wrong.
They said the ability to notice subtle changes was not down to extra sensory perception (ESP) - the supposed ability to unconsciously detect things beyond our five senses of vision, hearing, taste, smell and touch.
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