Television exposure and children's decoding of nonverbal behavior

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 1718-1733

  Feldman, Robert S ^a   Coats, Erik J ^a   Spielman, Darren A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts ^*

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EID: 0030251445     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1996.tb00094.x     Document Type: Article

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