Autobiographical memories for seeing romantic movies on a date: Romance is not just for women

Media Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-284

  Harris, Richard Jackson ^a   Hoekstra, Steven J ^b   Scott, Christina L ^c   Sanborn, Fred W ^a   Dodds, Laura A ^a   Brandenburg, Jason Dean ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kansas Wesleyan University   (United States)

^c PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4544295145     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532785xmep0603_2     Document Type: Article

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