Jim Tucker

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Jim Tucker

Jim Tucker, M.D., is the author of Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children’s Memories of Previous Lives, which presents an overview of more than 40 years of research at the University of Virginia Division of Personality Studies. Dr. Tucker, a board-certified child psychiatrist, worked with Professor Ian Stevenson before taking over the research upon Stevenson’s retirement.[1]

In 2001, Tucker received a research bursary of € 50,000 from the Bial Foundation. He has served as a referee for the International Journal of Parapsychology, Journal of Near-Death Studies, Journal of Parapsychology, and Journal of Scientific Exploration.[2]

Dr. Tucker attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA degree in psychology and a Medical Degree. He is currently Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Medicine, and in addition to conducting research, he serves as medical director of the University of Virginia Child & Family Psychiatry Clinic.[3]

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  • Keil HHJ & Tucker JB. Children who claim to remember previous lives: Cases with written records made before the previous personality was identified. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 19(1):91-101, 2005.
  • Sharma P & Tucker JB. Cases of the reincarnation type with memories from the intermission between lives. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 23(2):101-118, 2005.
  • Tucker JB. Juvenile-onset bipolar disorder? [Letter] Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 44(10):966, 2005.
  • Tucker JB. Life Before Life: A Scientic Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005, 256pp. ISBN 0-312-32137-6
  • Pasricha SK, Keil J, Tucker JB, Stevenson I. Some bodily malformations attributed to previous lives. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 19(3):359-383, 2005.
  • Tucker JB & Keil HHJ. Experimental birthmarks: New cases of an Asian practice. International Journal of Parapsychology, in press.

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