Love and affectionate touch toward romantic partners all over the world

Love and affectionate touch toward romantic partners all over the world

Abstract Touch is the primary way people communicate intimacy in romantic relationships, and affectionate touch behaviors such as stroking, hugging and kissing are universally observed in partnerships all over the world. Here, we explored the association of love and affectionate touch behaviors in r...

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Main Authors: Agnieszka Sorokowska, Marta Kowal, Supreet Saluja, Toivo Aavik, Charlotte Alm, Afifa Anjum, Kelly Asao, Carlota Batres, Aicha Bensafia, Boris Bizumic, Mahmoud Boussena, David M. Buss, Marina Butovskaya, Seda Can, Antonin Carrier, Hakan Cetinkaya, Daniel Conroy-Beam, Rosa María Cueto, Marcin Czub, Seda Dural, Agustín Espinosa, Carla Sofia Esteves, Tomasz Frackowiak, Jorge Contreras-Garduño, Farida Guemaz, Ivana Hromatko, Herak Iskra, Feng Jiang, Konstantinos Kafetsios, Tina Kavcic, Nicolas Kervyn, Nils C. Köbis, Aleksandra Kostić, András Láng, Torun Lindholm, Zoi Manesi, Norbert Meskó, Girishwar Misra, Conal Monaghan, Jean Carlos Natividade, George Nizharadze, Elisabeth Oberzaucher, Anna Oleszkiewicz, Ariela Francesca Pagani, Vilmante Pakalniskiene, Miriam Parise, Marija Pejičić, Annette Pisanski, Kasia Pisanski, Camelia Popa, Pavol Prokop, Ruta Sargautyte, Shivantika Sharad, Franco Simonetti, Piotr Sorokowski, Michal Mikolaj Stefanczyk, Anna Szagdaj, Meri Tadinac, Karina Ugalde González, Olga Uhryn, Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Gyesook Yoo, Maja Zupančič, Ilona Croy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31502-1

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31502-1

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