| Journal: | Revista de psiquiatria clinica |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000370624 |
| ISSN: | 0101-6083 |
| Authors: | Haraldsson, Erlendur1 |
| Institutions: | 1University of Iceland, Faculty of Psychology, Reykjavík. Islandia |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Volumen: | 41 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 21-26 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Aplicado |
| English abstract | Children are sometimes found who claim to have memories of a past life. If such alleged memories can be verified they may prove relevant for the question of the mind-brain relationship. They may indicate that memory is not only stored in the brain and that mind can exist without a brain and still retain some of its memories. These possibilities are contrary to what is presently known about memory and its dependence on brain functioning. Objectives : Were to test if an independent investigator comes up with comparable findings as Stevenson of University of Virginia who has published a great number of such cases. Methods : Consisted of interviewing children who make consistent statements about a previous life and persons who have witnessed them making such statements. Three psychological studies compared children with and without past-life memories. Results : In two of three presented cases a deceased person was found who fitted the child´s statements about the previous life. Psychologically these children differ from other children, showing signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, likely because by remembering how they died in accidents or were killed. Discussion : The features of “past-life memory” cases make them relevant for question of the mind-brain relationship |
| Portuguese abstract | Testar se um pesquisador independente obteria achados comparáveis aos de Stevenson (Universidade da Virgínia) que publicou um grande números desses casos. Métodos : Entrevistar as crianças que faziam afirmações consistentes sobre uma vida passada e as pessoas que haviam testemunhado as crianças fazerem essas declarações. Três estudos psicológicos compararam crianças com e sem alegadas memórias de uma vida passada. Resultados : Em dois dos três casos apresentados, foi encontrada uma pessoa falecida cujas características eram compatíveis com as afirmações das crianças sobre uma vida anterior. Psicologicamente, essas crianças diferem das outras crianças, mostrando sinais de Transtorno de Estresse Pós-Traumático, provavelmente por causa das alegadas lembranças de como elas morreram em acidentes ou foram assassinadas. Conclusões : As características dos casos de “memória de vida passada” fazem com que estas sejam relevantes para a questão da relação mente-cérebro |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Neurología, Psiquiatría, Estrés postraumático, Niños, Religión, Memoria, Reencarnación, Parapsicología, Mente-cerebro |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, Memory, Children, Religion, Postraumatic stress, Reincarnation, Parapsychology, Mind-brain |
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