Can toddlers learn vocabulary from television? An experimental approach

Media Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-63

  Krcmar, Marina ^a   Grela, Bernard ^b   Lin, Kirsten ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 34547443472     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213260701300931     Document Type: Article

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