The mystery of pet psychic

Similarly, in the past few years, a new profession called "pet channeling" has become increasingly popular in some Western countries. People who call themselves "pet psychics" (or "animal communicators") say that telepathy exists between pet owners and their pets and that they can send telepathic messages back and forth between the two. They were able to do this human-animal communication even when the pet was not present, simply by providing a picture or description of the animal.

Many pet owners want certain information through pet channeling for specific reasons. For example, the owner of a lost pet wants to know where it is and if there is any way to get it home quickly (though not all pet psychics accept the task of finding a lost pet); A pet is exhibiting abnormal behavior and its owner wants to find out why and make it normal. When a pet dies, its owner wants to connect with the spirit of the pet (only some pet psychics claim to be able to act as a mediator between the owner and the dead pet). Pet psychics often offer these services to pet owners over the phone or in person. Of course, they charge a fee.

Pet psychics explain that "pet channeling" is a paranormal phenomenon, a form of extrasensory perception that combines telepathy with insight. Pet psychics say they use brain waves to communicate with animals, no matter how far away they are or whether they are still alive.

Many pet psychics say their ability to communicate with animals comes from a special gift they stumbled upon as a child. Animal Planet host and pet psychic Sonia Fitzpatrick, for example, claims she has a special ability to communicate with animals because of childhood deafness that led her to bond with them. Some pet psychics say they learned to communicate with animals as adults by studying or attending seminars. Others claim to have acquired their psychic powers suddenly, such as after watching Fitzpatrick's TV show.

Although pet psychics vary in what they say about how to acquire the ability to communicate with animals, they say the basic steps are pretty much the same:

● First, relax and let the mood calm down, then use the mental energy of the brain to connect with the mental energy of the animal.

● Form a mental image of an animal through telepathy and then call its name to attract the animal's attention.

● Ask the animal lots of questions using graphic information in addition to verbal information, and then wait for the animal to respond (according to many pet psychics, the animal's response includes a combination of graphic information and word information. Some psychics claim that animals respond with voices that sound like children).

● Receive messages from the animal and then relay the animal's response to the pet owner. If necessary, follow up with additional questions.

● Pass the owner's information to the pet. For example, using visual descriptions (rather than words) to convey the owner's opinion that the pet should correct a certain behavior.

● Perform a scan of the pet's body at the request of the pet owner to diagnose any health problems. If illness or injury is detected, send a message carrying healing energy to your pet.

If you have pets, some of their seemingly rather understanding behavior may indeed make you wonder. For example, when you take your cat to the vet, the cat will hide from you. When you go out to play basketball, your dog will happily run around you... They are like knowing what's on your mind. In addition, some pet owners reported that their dogs whimpered when they left the house, and their cats became jealous of other animals in the house... Can we make a reasonable explanation for these phenomena?

Scientists have yet to reach a consensus on whether animals have emotions. Emotion is a very difficult psychological phenomenon to define, and animals are unable to express and describe their feelings in words.

Today, some advanced techniques have been used to detect the presence or absence of human emotions. For example, researchers measured levels of various hormones and neurotransmitters to determine whether a person is experiencing certain mood swings. But scientists point out that the presence of these chemicals does not necessarily indicate the presence of emotions. For example, most mammals release the hormone oxytocin during lactation, which promotes mother-infant bonding. In this sense, behaviors such as a mother showing affection for her puppy reflect the animal's instinct to raise its offspring, rather than evidence of emotion.

And research points out that the periaqueductal gray area of the brain (hereinafter referred to as PAG, gathered by the nerve cells in the midbrain periaqueductal) in all mammals, including humans, is part of the brain that produces some basic emotion, these feelings include fear, anger, desire, and relatives, separation anxiety, want to play impulse. The PAG region also produces other emotions, such as a desire to be loved and care for others. Some related research suggests that animals do possess complex emotions such as joy, anger, and sadness, as well as experiencing pain and stress. Related work in other neuroscience has also revealed that emotional awareness, a product of thought, may exist in the brains of some animals. But scientists point out that there is a big difference between having an emotion and being able to think and analyze it. Even scientists who strongly argue that animals have emotions doubt that animals have the intelligence to think analytically about their feelings. For example, a puppy may fear a "violent person" in its littermate, but it is unlikely to be able to blame the behavior.

So what exactly is a pet psychic? This is the same as divination, fortune-telling, divination, and so on, but pet psychics set up a clever psychological deception. It has been suggested that pet psychics use "cold reading", in which pet owners are prompted to provide details about their pets, while pet psychics use their knowledge of human psychology and animal behavior to make reasonable inferences about animal behavior. Such as:

● Pet psychics state clearly the obvious. For example, when they saw a dog biting their PAWS, they would say, "He said his PAWS bothered him, and his PAWS itched so much that he felt sick."

● They habitually use vague language about uncertain factors. For example, they might say vaguely, "It says there's something unusual in the house." A pet owner might say, "I recently bought a new pillow for the living room couch." Based on this information, they asked, "That's why you said he was scratching at the door. The dog said the pillow smelled funny and he wanted to get away from it."

● Much of what they say is true, such as the fact that most domestic cats like to sit in front of the window and look out. They would say, "He's very curious. He says he likes to sit by the window and watch what's going on in the outside world." They're not likely to be wrong about things like that.

● They have superior questioning skills. Successful pet psychics tend to ask a lot of questions, learn the details based on the answers, and then decide what else to ask.

By successfully using such "cold reading" techniques, pet psychics come alive as if they were communicating with the animals. Of course, there are some examples of successful psychics that can't be explained by cold reading, such as pet psychics finding missing pets for pet owners, correcting behavioral problems, helping heal sick or injured pets, and so on. These so-called success stories can only be described as pure coincidence.

Scientists have not fully solved the mystery of human consciousness, and even less is known about animal consciousness. Although some animals show signs of self-awareness, such as recognizing themselves in a mirror or reacting in a certain way to the death of a companion, scientists have yet to find any evidence that animals possess the full self-awareness described by pet psychics.