Power, testosterone, and risk-taking

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 473-482

  Ronay, Richard ^a   Von Hippel, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digit ratio; Power; Risk taking; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649509724     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.671     Document Type: Article

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