“The theory suggests that at the moment of birth, a unique and shared scent is forged between the mother and child through the umbilical cord and bodily fluids. This ‘birth scent’ is permanently encoded into our cellular memory and neural pathways. When a person encounters the scent of a postpartum mother (lohusa) later in life, their brain recognizes it as their own foundational ‘mother-scent’ stored within.

​If a ‘fear prank’ or shock is introduced at that exact moment, it creates a neurological paradox: the brain is simultaneously at its most vulnerable (the birth state) and its most threatened (the fear state). To resolve this crisis, the brain rapidly flashes its entire existence—the ‘film strip’—as it attempts to reconnect with the original survival code established during the 0-2 year period.”