Relationships between digit ratio 2D:4D and self-reported aggression and risk taking in an online study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-80

  Hönekopp, Johannes ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Aggression; Risk taking; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954614828     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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