Anxiety, Sex-Linked Behaviors, and Digit Ratios (2D:4D)

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 442-455

  Evardone, Milagros ^a   Alexander, Gerianne M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2D:4D ratio; Anxiety; Gonadal hormones; Sex linked behavior

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; HORMONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WORKING MEMORY; Y CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; FINGER; HISTOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449154748     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9260-6     Document Type: Article

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