Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives
- Date of account
- 2013
- Location
- University of Virginia cases, including South Asian reports
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Jim Tucker’s 2013 book synthesizes cases investigated by the University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies, including reports from India and Sri Lanka in which young children allegedly describe a previous life. The material is relevant for comparing memory, family testimony, cultural expectation, birthmarks and possible information transfer. It is not a single experiment, and many cases originated in earlier fieldwork by Ian Stevenson and Satwant Pasricha. Interpretations remain disputed because retrospective interviews, selective reporting and social reinforcement can affect the record.
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