Human Nonverbal Courtship Behavior—A Brief Historical Review

@article{Moore2010HumanNC,
  title={Human Nonverbal Courtship Behavior—A Brief Historical Review},
  author={Monica Moody Moore},
  journal={The Journal of Sex Research},
  year={2010},
  volume={47},
  pages={171 - 180},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:15115115}
}
Some key features of human nonverbal courtship behavior that have become apparent after scrutinizing data compiled through both observation and self-report methods are elucidated.
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