A new means of measuring index/ring finger (2D:4D) ratio and its association with gender and hand preference

Laterality

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-91

  Nicholls, Michael E R ^a   Orr, Catherine A ^a   Yates, Mark J ^a   Loftus, Andrea M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MASCULINITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 36749053489     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500701751287     Document Type: Article

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