Signal value and interpersonal implications of the blush

The Psychological Significance of the Blush

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 242-264

  De Jong, Peter J ^a   Dijk, Corine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84871941335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139012850.016     Document Type: Chapter

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