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- ↑ "Experimenting with Babies". Publishers Weekly. 16 September 2013.
- ↑ Gulli, Cathy (16 November 2013). "Experimenting with babies". Maclean's.
- 1 2 Hamblin, James (6 December 2013). "Experiments to do with your baby". The Atlantic.
- ↑ Smith, Julianne (7 November 2013). "Parenting Reviews". Library Journal.
- ↑ "The Conference Valuation" on IMDb