Low second-to-fourth-digit ratio might predict success among high-frequency financial traders because of a higher need for achievement

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

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Millet, Kobe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; JOB PERFORMANCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINGERS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 63149150623     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900396106     Document Type: Letter

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