Twin Telepathy: A Psychic Connection?

em

Hey everyone,

Last night I got to thinking about one of my best friends, and she is a Twin….but not identical twin. She and her sister (born 20min apart) seem to be able to sense things about it each other, they can always tell if the other is upset or that there is something wrong, my best friend a few times has said to me that there is something wrong with Kaylie….(her sis) and that she has to call her or she had to go and see her…sometimes she gets really upset for no reason and then she will find out that her sis has just broke up with boyfriend or had a fight with one of her friend ect. And she literally feels the sadness….Sometimes they don’t even talk to each other they just know what the other is going to say (and that’s freaky)!! Now I was wondering if this could possibly be a sign of Physic power or is it something else??

Also Aedryan i wasn't sure what thread i should have used for this.....so i will say sorry now if it's the wrong one. Very Happy

Aedryan Methyus · Posted: Jul Thu 19, 2007 8:55 pm Post subject:

Wow.... This is a really interesting question actually. Things like that are supposed to be pretty common in twins. I've never thought of it from a psychic standpoint though. It is obviously some form of, what is known as "emotional transference". There have been ghost hunters who have claimed to experience emotional transference at haunted locations, where tragedies have taken place, etc.

This would definitely be an interesting thing to do a study on. I wonder if anyone ever has....

- Aedryan
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em · Posted: Jul Thu 19, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject:

Humm it's kinda funny you say that, i was just about to post you a question asking if you knew anyone who might have done some study on it....

I just find that there are so many similarities between the the psychic views and the connections twins actually have, i don't know that they have proven/or at least tried to prove that Twins have that connection......i have read a story about twins in a Aussie Magazine that these twin girls actually predicted 9/11, and exactly how they said it was going to happen...happened!! but i don't know if that's true or not, i am a person that doesn't always believe what she reads or is told, but i would deffenlty like to find out just what they can do ya know....if they are indeed psychic. My best friend and i are very close and i have been there when these things happen to her, and even though it's not really proven i believe that twins do carry this gift.

What do you think??? Very Happy

Aedryan Methyus · Posted: Jul Thu 19, 2007 10:05 pm Post subject:

Here is part of an article I found about some studies that have been done on twin telepathy. It sounds like the experiments were inconclusive, but from what I gather, some guy named Guy Lyon Playfair wrote a book called "Twin Telepathy: The Psychic Connection" and he proclaims to have documented several cases of genuine twin telepathy:

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Results of various experiments conducted on twins testing for telepathy show no real indication that twins are any more connected in this manner than others are.

For example, in one experiment, one twin -- the "sender" -- was asked to select a particular card out of a group of cards. The sender was then told to concentrate on the image (a target) displayed on the card and try to communicate it telepathically to his twin. In a separate location from the sender, the "receiver" twin was then asked to pick a card. The results indicated that the receiver accurately picked the target card about 50 percent of the time. The test was readministered, but this time a research assistant picked the actual card from the deck and asked the sender twin to try to transmit the target image to the receiver twin. Again, the receiver twin was asked to pick a card. This time, however, the receiver accurately picked the target card only about 25 percent of the time.

The scientists believed the initial 50 percent accuracy rate was based on shared preferences rather than telepathic ability. The 25 percent accuracy rate during the second half of the test supports that theory. Because the "sender" actually selected the card during the first half of the study, the fact that the "receiver" twin accurately selected the same card 50 percent of the time simply could be based on the fact that the two would both be attracted to similar cards due to a shared preference for certain shapes, colors, patterns, etc. During the second half of the test, the research assistant selected the cards, not the "sender" twin -- so that initial action of selecting something because of a particular preference was gone. The accuracy rate of 25 percent is no more significant than similar studies done using non-related individuals.

In another study conducted by Lindon Eaves and Krystyna Last, 34 sets of twins -- including both MZ and DZ sets -- were seated in separate rooms from their twins. Each twin was given an opinion survey and directed to answer the survey in the manner they believed their twin would respond. Once they completed the first survey, they were given the exact same survey, but this time were asked to fill it out with their own opinions. The results showed no conclusive support for telepathic ability. The twins were no more apt to predict the correct response than an incorrect one.

Even though these experiments show no indication of a special bond, there are other experiments that do indicate otherwise. These relationships are not limited to twins, but rather include siblings, mothers and their children, and spouses. This would lead us to believe that these connections are not really paranormal activity at all but instead normal results of living together and coming to know one another very well. In fact, what may appear to be a psychic connection could merely be a heightened ability of keen observation.

Your five senses are constantly noticing information, and your brain is constantly processing this information on an unconscious level. So, after living with someone for an extended period of time, you have probably stored countless amounts of information about that individual. For example, you might know -- on a conscious or unconscious level -- that your brother chews on his lip and scratches his nose right before he's going to ask you for a favor. So, if he approaches you and does those things without saying a word, and you immediately say something like, "What is it that you need me to do?" An observer might think, "Wow, she's reading his mind!" But, what you're really doing is simply noticing visual cues and running those against a database of information you have stored in your mind.

Still, much like the incidents described earlier, there are countless anecdotes of psychic or paranormal phenomenon between twins. Entire books are dedicated to the subject. For example, Playfair's Twin Telepathy includes accounts of everything from shared thoughts to shared tactile sensations (one twin is having a heart attack and the other has chest pains) to actual physical manifestations (like bruising) of what is happening to the other twin. But the biggest problem with anecdotes like these is that they are just that. Someone is telling another person about an event that happened previously. Short of watching a set of twins 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, indefinitely waiting for something like this to happen, there's no way to manage actually documenting such an incident. So, no matter how credible the source of the story, there will always be room for doubt.
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em · Posted: Jul Thu 19, 2007 10:22 pm Post subject:

wow.....thanks heaps for all that Aedryan!!! (i will comment on that soon just popping out for lunch)

i would like to get a hold of one of those books though and read some more about this.....do you know where i can go to find some info on the books at all?????

Aedryan Methyus · Posted: Jul Thu 19, 2007 10:44 pm Post subject:

Err.... Maybe.... try doing a search for "Twin Telepathy: The Psychic Connection" and you'll find tons of info about the book? Laughing

- Aedryan
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em · Posted: Jul Thu 19, 2007 11:15 pm Post subject:

hummmm duuurrrr Em i think would have been more the answer then Aedryan!!! i just realized what i said!! so thanks for being so nice about it!!! (i was born blonde need i say more) Laughing

i am having very bad day today!! so much to do so little time to do it!!! aaarrrgggghhhhh

em · Posted: Jul Fri 20, 2007 12:31 am Post subject:

Wow, so studies have shown that really it’s not Psychic Connection but rather more along the lines of preferences, I can see how that could be the case too!! It seems very hard to actually connect the dot’s to the Paranormal isn’t it?? It’s like searching for a needle in a hay stack sometimes, I can understand why people could spend years searching for answer’s and really still come up with no sold proof…of either.
I tip my hat to ya Aedryan, for all the study you have done, it couldn’t have been easy!!!