Does pretend play matter? Searching for evidence: Comment on lillard et al. (2013)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-48

  Bergen, Doris ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Play development; Pretense research; Value of play

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886314813     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030246     Document Type: Article

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