Sexually dimorphic traits (digit ratio, body height, systemizing-empathizing scores) and gender segregation between occupations: Evidence from the BBC internet study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 511-515

  Manning, John T ^a   Reimers, Stian ^b   Baron Cohen, Simon ^c   Wheelwright, Sally ^c   Fink, Bernhard ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Body height; Empathizing; Gender segregation; Occupation; Systemizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954218329     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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