Second-to-fourth digit ratio predicts success among high-frequency financial traders

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 623-628

  Coates, John M ^a,b   Gurnell, Mark ^c   Rustichini, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Market selection; Neuro economics; Risk taking; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINANCE; FINGER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MARKET; NOISE; OCCUPATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORK;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANDROGENS; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINGERS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 58849124159     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810907106     Document Type: Article

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