Sensation seeking in females from opposite-versus same-sex twin pairs: Hormone transfer or sibling imitation?

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 533-542

  Slutske, Wendy S ^a   Bascom, Elise N ^a   Meier, Madeline H ^a   Medland, Sarah E ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Prenatal androgens; Sensation seeking; Sex differences; Sibling imitation; Twins

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BOREDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SENSATION SEEKING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING IMITATION; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BOREDOM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; SENSATION; SEX FACTORS; SIBLING RELATIONS; SIBLINGS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; ZYGOTE;

EID: 79959766446     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-010-9416-3     Document Type: Article

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