Second to fourth digit ratio and sensation seeking

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1253-1262

  Fink, Bernhard ^a   Neave, Nick ^b   Laughton, Katharine ^b   Manning, John T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digit ratio; Personality; Sensation seeking; Sex differences; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748431190     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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