Digit ratio (2D:4D) moderates the impact of sexual cues on men's decisions in ultimatum games

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1597, 2006, Pages 2091-2095

  Van Den Bergh, Bram ^a   Dewitte, Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Digit ratio; Sex; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MALE BEHAVIOR; PLAY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANDSCAPE; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33747083509     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3550     Document Type: Article

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