2D:4D in Men Is Related to Aggressive Dominance but Not to Sociable Dominance

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 208-212

  van der Meij, Leander ^a,b   Almela, Mercedes ^b   Buunk, Abraham P ^a,c   Dubbs, Shelli ^a   Salvador, Alicia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Aggressive dominance; Personality; Prenatal testosterone; Sociable dominance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860229696     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21422     Document Type: Article

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