Associations between the second to fourth digit ratio and career interests

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 485-493

  Weis, Sophie E ^a   Firker, Annika ^a   Hennig, Juergen ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Career interests; Finger length; Gender differences; Occupational preferences; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147144101     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.12.017     Document Type: Article

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