Similar to Something I Read Before

This reminds of something I was reading a month or two ago. I wish I could remember it in order to link to it.

Basically, these researchers had found that children [normal] were bonding with robotic toys and treating them as if they were other children. In classrooms they wanted the creatures treated well by teachers, etc. The effect wore off after a certain age and was determined not to be "the imaginary friend" effect like Calvin & Hobbes. So I wonder if the autistic kids are achieving the same bond with the virtual peer via this effect as well.

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