Songs as a medium for embedded reproductive messages

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 390-416

  Hobbs, Dawn R ^a   Gallup Jr , Gordon G ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Reproductive messages; Sales; Song lyrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655164738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491100900309     Document Type: Article

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