Digit ratio (2D:4D) and aggregate personality scores across nations: Data from the BBC internet study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-391

  Manning, John T ^a   Fink, Bernhard ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregate personality; Culture; Digit ratio; Neuroticism; Toxoplasmosis; Uncertainty avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959333742     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.040     Document Type: Article

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