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Mind transfer (biological)
Transfer of one's consciousness to another biological body
Mind transfer (biological)
Mind transfer or identity transfer is a storytelling device seen in a variety of science fiction and supernatural fiction, in which one's consciousness is transferred into another body. A "bidirectional" mind transfer is variously called body swap, mind swap, or identity exchange. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction distinguishes the following mechanisms of identity transfer: Transfer of the personality to another body akin to mind uploading into computer Brain transplant Aliens taking over human bodies Shared identity, whereby the host body accepts another's mind Body hopping is a trope wherein an entity inhabits a sequence of different bodies. Early occurrences of mind transfer include The Year 4338: Petersburg Letters (Vladimir Odoyevsky, 1835), in which mind transfer is but a plot trick to travel into the future, and "Exchanging Their Souls" (Edward Page Mitchell, 1877), where it is used as a "wonderful cure" for a "Russian Prince Michalskovich".
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