Child development robots: Social forces, children's perspectives

Interaction Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-232

  Melson, Gail F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954617090     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.11.2.08mel     Document Type: Article

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