It's the attention that counts: Interpersonal attention fosters intimacy and social exchange

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 237-244

  Ohtsubo, Yohsuke ^a   Matsumura, Asami ^a   Noda, Chisato ^a   Sawa, Emiri ^a   Yagi, Ayano ^a   Yamaguchi, Mana ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attention; Friendship; Intimacy; Reciprocity; Social exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897957280     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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