[1] In skepticism, it is considered an effect of hindsight bias that explains claimed predictions of significant events such as plane crashes and natural disasters.
In religious contexts, theologians frequently refer to postdiction using the Latin term vaticinium ex eventu (foretelling after the event).
[10] The duration of the postdictive windows of integration is supposedly hardwired in our brain, but it could be extended by training subjects to systematic delays between causally bounded events.
[11] The postdictive window is believed to be triggered by highly salient sensory events acting as resets, such as abrupt stimuli onset[12][13] and saccadic eye movements.
[14] Postdiction is argued to play a central role in shaping our sense of agency,[15] by compressing the perceived interval between a voluntary action and its external sensory consequence.