Finger length ratio (2D:4D) in left- and right-handed males

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1006-1013

  Stoyanov, Zlatislav ^a   Marinov, Miroslav ^a   Pashalieva, Irina ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Finger length ratio (2D:4D); Handedness; Left and right handers; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; STUDENT T TEST; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149091744     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03008200802323883     Document Type: Article

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