The effect of a woman's incidental tactile contact on men's later behavior

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-266

  Guéguen, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Courtship intention; Men; Tactile contact; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649294940     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2010.38.2.257     Document Type: Article

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