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Nature 448, 848-849 (23 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/448848b; Published online 22 August 2007

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Is baby DVD research Mickey Mouse science?

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Disney rejects video data from university.

The Walt Disney Company is going toe-to-toe with the University of Washington in Seattle after a study by the university's researchers suggested that exposure to DVDs and videos for babies, including Disney's Baby Einstein, could be associated with poorer language development.One of the team, professor of paediatrics Dimitri Christakis, was widely quoted as saying "I would rather babies watch American Idol than these videos.