Babies and baby media

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1115-1135

  DeLoache, Judy S ^a   Chiong, Cynthia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Wireless Generation ^*

Author keywords

Infants; Television; Toddlers; Video

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849124788     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764209331537     Document Type: Article

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