On relationships between digit ratio (2D:4D) and two fundamental cognitive drives, empathizing and systemizing, in Japanese sample

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 928-931

  Wakabayashi, Akio ^a   Nakazawa, Yui ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive styles; Digit ratio (2D:4D); Empathizing systemizing (E S) theory; Empathy quotient (EQ); Fetal testosterone (fT); Sex differences; Systemizing quotient (SQ)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956870996     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.07.032     Document Type: Article

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