Lex talionis: Testosterone and the law of retaliation

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 702-705

  Ronay, Richard ^a   Galinsky, Adam D ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Bargaining; Digit ratio; Testosterone; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952815152     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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