What's in a Kiss? Spatial Experience Shapes Directional Bias During Kissing

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-50

  Shaki, Samuel ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Head turning bias; Kissing; Reading direction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873154053     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-012-0141-x     Document Type: Article

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