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Children of Myanmar who behave like Japanese soldiers: A possible third element in personality
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posted on 2023-05-16, 16:44 authored by Stevenson, I, Keil, HHJAmong more than 750 cases of persons in Myanmar (formerly Burma) who as children claimed to remember a previous life, 24 said they had been Japanese soldiers killed in Burma during World War II. Unlike most Burmese subjects of such cases none of these children stated any personal names or addresses that might have permitted verification of their statements. However, they showed habits of dress, food preferences, industriousness, insensitivity to pain, and other behaviors unusual in Burma, but typical of Japanese people, especially Japanese soldiers during their occupation of Myanmar (Burma). The oppressive rule in Burma of the Japanese Army during World War II makes it unlikely that any Burmese parent would instigate or encourage a child to behave like a Japanese soldier. Genetic factors cannot account for the children's unusual behavior because all of them were (with two exceptions) born after 1945, when there were no Japanese in the villages of Burma. The behavioral features of these children suggest a third factor (additional to genetic ones and known environmental influences) in personality.
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Publication title
Journal of Scientific ExplorationVolume
19Pagination
171-183ISSN
0892-3310Department/School
School of Psychological SciencesPublisher
Society for Scientific ExplorationPlace of publication
USARepository Status
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