Schizotypy and altered digit ratios: A second look

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-78

  Gooding, Diane Carol ^a,b   Johnson, Madeline ^a   Peterman, Joel Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Digit ratios; Schizotypy; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; READING THE MIND IN THE EYES TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SECOND DIGIT FOURTH DIGIT RATIO; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 79958276038     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.04.023     Document Type: Article

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