Digit ratio (2D:4D) and behavioral responses to everyday life and workplace-related interpersonal conflict

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-37

  Voracek, Martin ^a   Schicker, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conflict related behavior; Digit ratio (2D:4D); Masculinization; Prenatal testosterone; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954190356     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185/a000004     Document Type: Article

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