Stevenson's methodology involves listening to stories, comparing and contrasting variants of stories, and constructing long, detailed narratives that attempt to 'capture' the complex experience of his informants, who claim to remember incidents from past lives.
Hearing stories, examining various story variants, and creating detailed accounts are part of Stevenson's methodology. His aim is to 'capture' the complex life histories of his narrators, who assert they remember occurrences from previous existences.