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To reach the conclusion, Kidd studied 22 children, aged four to six years, who all had imaginary companions and compared their communication skills with an equivalent group who had no imaginary friends.

It's all right - even a good thing at times - to see and talk to the kids' imaginary companions.

Many will keep their imaginary companions into and throughadult life just as I have done.

Indeed, she suspects imaginary companions simply change form.

Researchers in Britain and Australia found many children who heard voices also invented imaginary companions.

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Her study found that children who have imaginary companions have more advancedcommunication skills.

I think it's a statement of how real these invisible friends are," says Stone, a veteran when it comes to her children's imaginary companions.