In another of her studies comparing the mind of the child with the schizophrenic, Despert finds no evidence of true hallucinations or delusions in the normal child. The normal three-year-old is fully able to distinguish between reality and fantasy. Pseudohallucinatory experiences and hypnagogic hallucinations may occur under the influence of anxiety but are not especially associated with

imaginativeness. Several children with true hallucinations and delusions showed an otherwise relatively intact personality. Psychotic children above the age of ten were found to present delusional and hallucinatory experiences very similar to those of psychotic adults, except for greater simplicity and lack of organization.