page 64-65
"Hemendra Banerjee, who founded the Indian Institute of Parapsychology in 1957, and has been living in the United States since 1970, became convinced of the reality of reincarnation by observing children's spontaneous emotional recognition of past-life relatives and friends. In this context, children are credible witnesses; the testimony of these youngsters - usually aged between two and five - has yet to be contaminated by cultural prejudices or overwhelmed by the pressing demands of worldly experience. ... Toddlers who remember past lives will mutter such phrases as "When I was big" and will perhaps complain about not being the same sex as before. They might yearn for the lost companionship of a relative or friend and hanker for the food, clothing, and lifestyle - even the alcohol, drugs, or tobacco - of a former existence."