Data and Analysis Code for "A Large-Scale Analysis of Temporal Patterns in Children's Purported Past-Life Memories: Shorter Intervals Following Unexpected Deaths"

This record contains the de-identified case-level data, variable codebook, and R analysis code accompanying:

Sadeghi, S., Pehlivanova, M., & Cozzolino, P. J. (2026). A large-scale analysis of temporal patterns in children's purported past-life memories: Shorter intervals following unexpected deaths. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000493

The dataset includes 2,254 cases from the University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies' collection of cases of children reporting memories of previous lives. The accompanying R code reproduces the statistical analyses reported in the article. Variable definitions and additional information are provided in the codebook and README.