Two sociologists infiltrate a cult that pulls them into madness in this “barbed and richly
entertaining” novel from a Pulitzer Prize–winning author (The Wall Street Journal). Once the nation…

… Adults often wonder why children have imaginary friends, and we believe that imaginary
friends have been one of the most misunderstood types of childhood behavior. We hope this …

… Do you have any imaginary friends? I ask him. I smile. … I have an imaginary friend, I tell him.
Mika stares out into the yard; then … I have an imaginary friend, I repeat. He’s sitting next to you, …

… Imaginary Friend that walks along with the user. Due to a special bond with the user, the
Imaginary Friend … behind emotion cookies that the Imaginary Friend will collect and treasure. In …

… Topic for class discussion: Has anyone ever had an imaginary friend? Start the … was a
child, had a friend who had an imaginary friend called Sprinkles that her friend could only talk to …

… All of the children included in this study readily talked about their imaginary friend and were
… of the imaginary friend. A comparison of the score for the self and the score for the friend, …

… companions, this would mean, for example, that the signs of having difficulties with actual
friends are distorted and that the positive experience of the imaginary friendship is exaggerated…

For a year or two when he was a preschooler, our son Peter had two imaginary friends that
my wife and I found delightful. Named Jamie and Tommy, they were an inseparable pair of …

THE CHARACTERS WHO INHABIT NOVELS are supposed to be like ordinary human
beings, except of course that they are neither ordinary nor human. Verisimilitude is the goal of …

… In conclusion, imaginary companion play does not appear to have any … of imaginary friends
may be unreliable for investigating differences between those with and without imaginary …