The second to fourth digit ratio: A measure of two hormonally-based temperament dimensions

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 773-777

  Fisher, Helen E ^a   Rich, Jonathan ^b   Island, Heide D ^c   Marchalik, Daniel ^d  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Digit ratio; Estrogen; Oxytocin; Temperament; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955928057     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.06.027     Document Type: Article

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