Interactive self-regulation during mate searching: Reciprocal romantic interest increases attention allocation to opposite-sex others

Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 194-199

  Koranyi, Nicolas ^a   Rothermund, Klaus ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention allocation; Automatic self regulation; Mate searching; Romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869459727     PISSN: 21908370     EISSN: 21512604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000113     Document Type: Article

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