Baader-Meinhof is the phenomenon where one happens upon some obscure piece of information– often an unfamiliar word or name– and soon afterwards encounters the same subject again, often repeatedly. Anytime the phrase “That’s so weird, I just heard about that the other day” would be appropriate, the utterer is hip-deep in Baader-Meinhof.
Ever feel as though you’re being followed? As if someone is behind you, shadowing your every move? It might be your “shadow person”, created by unusual activity in a specific brain region, a new study shows.