Second to fourth digit ratio and the 'big five' personality factors

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 495-503

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big five; Digit ratio; Personality; Sex differences; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 3442882149     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2003.09.018     Document Type: Article

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