Second to fourth digit ratio (2D:4D) of the right hand is associated with nociception and augmenting-reducing

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 493-497

  Schwerdtfeger, Andreas ^a   Heer, Johannes ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Augmenting reducing; Digit ratio (2D:4D); Electric pain stimuli; Gonadal hormones; Nociception; Pain tolerance; Sensation seeking; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349101261     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.05.027     Document Type: Article

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