The relation between television exposure and theory of mind among preschoolers

Journal of Communication

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1088-1108

  Nathanson, Amy I ^a   Sharp, Molly L ^a   Aladé, Fashina ^a   Rasmussen, Eric E ^a   Christy, Katheryn ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; PSYCHOLOGY; TELEVISION;

EID: 84897102280     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12062     Document Type: Article

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