Relationship awareness: Crossing the bridge between cognition and communication

Communication Theory

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 92-112

  Acitelli, Linda K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0141671976     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2002.tb00261.x     Document Type: Article

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