Sex differences in children's free drawings and their relationship to 2D:4D ratio

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 527-532

  Turgeon, Sarah M ^a  

^a Merrill Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

2D:4D ratio; Androgen; Children's drawings; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349091053     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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