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Criticisms of reincarnation research
The main objections raised against reincarnation case studies, from fraud and cultural shaping to psychic explanations and the population argument, and how researchers have answered them.
Ian Stevenson
Canadian-American psychiatrist who founded the modern scientific study of children who remember previous lives, investigating cases on four continents over four decades at the University of Virginia.
Jim B Tucker
American child psychiatrist who took over Ian Stevenson's reincarnation research at the University of Virginia, best known for his work on Western cases such as James Leininger.
Records made before verification
Cases in which a child's statements were written down before anyone checked them against a previous person, which rules out memories being reshaped after the fact.