The misperception of sexual interest

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-151

  Perilloux, Carin ^a   Easton, Judith A ^a   Buss, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

individual differences; inference; male female relations; sex differences; social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856442744     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611424162     Document Type: Article

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