Special issue preamble: Digit ratio (2D:4D) and individual differences research

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 367-370

  Voracek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain organization; Digit ratio (2D:4D); Finger length; Individual differences; Journal special issue; Masculinization; Prenatal testosterone; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959352463     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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