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Part III: The science behind imaginary friends
Imaginary friends might be dismissed as nostalgic relics of youth, but as we see in this third episode of the Science Friday series "the real guide to imaginary companions," developmental psychologists use imaginary friends to study how children form relationships and exercise self-control as they grow.
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