Empathizing, systemizing and finger length ratio in a Swedish sample

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-37

  Von Horn, Agneta ^a   BÄckman, Lisa ^a   Davidsson, Thomas ^a   Hansen, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Empathy; Finger length; Gender; Gender differences; Self reports; Systemizing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FINGER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 74349103191     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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