Exposure to media and theory-of-mind development in preschoolers

Cognitive Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-78

  Mar, Raymond A ^a   Tackett, Jennifer L ^b   Moore, Chris ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Media exposure; Movies; Preschoolers; Reading; Television; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749132856     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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