Testosterone, Financial Risk-Taking, and Pathological Gambling

Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 254-266

  Stenstrom, Eric ^a   Saad, Gad ^a  

^a Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Financial risk taking; Markers of androgenization; Pathological gambling; Second to fourth digit length ratio (2D:4D); Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL MASCULINITY; FINANCIAL RISK TAKING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; NEUROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TO FOURTH DIGIT LENGTH RATIO; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 82155179521     PISSN: 1937321X     EISSN: 2151318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025963     Document Type: Article

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