How men and women communicate attraction: An evolutionary view

Sex Differences and Similarities in Communication: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 303-321

  Trost, Melanie R ^a   Alberts, Jess K ^b  

^a Arizona State University ^*

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203873380     Document Type: Chapter

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