A cross-national study examining imaginary companions and face pareidolia in British and Chinese adults

• Paige E. Davis ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: p.e.davis@leeds.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0043-9991

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• Charles Fernyhough,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

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• Liu Yang,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

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• Yijie Xi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

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• Chenyu Xing,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

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• David Smailes

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0455-070X

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