I can only offer information on one of your questions.
Another student asked if there was any correlation between
early childhood inclinations toward fantasy and the likelihood
of establishing imaginary companions to later mental disorders
in adulthood.
Anyone have any ideas or references
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Michael David Lee wrote:
1. In talking about Imaginary Companions in children
(3- to 4-year-olds), one student asked if there were any
stats as to what percentage of children have been found
to have imaginary companions versus those that do not.
Are there any known
Mike,
I am at home so I don't have my copy of the journal handy, however, there is
a nice research piece on imaginary companions in the most recent
Developmental Psychology. The authors estimate how common IC's are and
present some demographics. They also looked at personification of objects
Listpersons,
Hoping to get some clarification for a student with questions on vision:
Vitamin A is good for the visual system, right? Does anyone know how this
works? What about all the parental jabbering about not sitting too close to
the TV, or watching TV or reading in low levels of light?
