Sex-specific finger-length patterns linked to behavioral variables: Consistency across various human populations

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 171-181

  Peters, Michael ^a   Tan, U ^b   Kang, Y ^c   Teixeira, L ^d   Mandal, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b BLACK SEA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036481102     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.94.1.171     Document Type: Article

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