Do hours spent viewing television at ages 3 and 4 predict vocabulary and executive functioning at age 5?

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 264-289

  Nayena Blankson, A ^a   O’Brien, Marion ^b   Leerkes, Esther M ^b   Calkins, Susan D ^b   Marcovitch, Stuart ^a  

^a SPELMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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EID: 84929146337     PISSN: 0272930X     EISSN: 15350266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.61.2.0264     Document Type: Article

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