@article{ref1,
title="Animistic thinking in brain-injured, mentally retarded children",
journal="Journal of abnormal and social psychology",
year="1944",
author="Werner, H. and Carrison, D.",
volume="39",
number="1",
pages="43-62",
abstract="<p><br/>Eighteen brain-injured, mentally retarded children were matched with inherently retarded children of similar MA and IQ. When asked if various objects and events were living or dead, the brain-injured children more often gave animistic responses, reasoned from human situation, and attributed conscious activity to the objects. It is suggested that the distractibility and lack of self-control of brain-injured children interfere with their differentiation of persons and things. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)</p><p />",
language="",
issn="0096-851X",
doi="10.1037/h0053642",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0053642"
}