2003
DOI: 10.1177/1363461503401005
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Are Children with Imaginary Playmates and Children Said to Remember Previous Lives Cross-Culturally Comparable Categories?

Abstract: Some 15-66% of children in western countries talk about imaginary playmates; in India only 0.2% of children are said to remember a previous life. Both phenomena occur from the age of 30 months to 60-90 months. This article explores whether the two phenomena are crossculturally comparable categories. The article describes a study of the psychological characteristics of a sample of 15 children said to remember a previous life in India, compared with a matched sample; and compares it with a sample of 15 children … Show more

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“…However, cultural influence can also change the shape of this phenomenon altogether. One interesting example of this type of influence comes from an Indian culture where children think of aspects of their pretence as memories of past lives (cited in Ref , p. 58–70). That is, children in this culture interact with what we would call pretend entities as if they were real, because that is the type of framing for this activity that their culture provides.…”
Section: Pretending Across Cultures and Speciesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, cultural influence can also change the shape of this phenomenon altogether. One interesting example of this type of influence comes from an Indian culture where children think of aspects of their pretence as memories of past lives (cited in Ref , p. 58–70). That is, children in this culture interact with what we would call pretend entities as if they were real, because that is the type of framing for this activity that their culture provides.…”
Section: Pretending Across Cultures and Speciesmentioning
confidence: 99%