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The development of parental preferences in the first two years of life

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This research was supported by two grants from the Ecology of Human Development Program of the Foundation for Child Development.

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Lamb, M.E. The development of parental preferences in the first two years of life. Sex Roles 3, 495–497 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00287413

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