Second-to-Fourth Digit Ratio and Impulsivity: A Comparison between Offenders and Nonoffenders

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Hanoch, Yaniv ^a   Gummerum, Michaela ^a   Rolison, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FINGER; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OFFENDER; PREDICTION; PUNISHMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CRIMINALS; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867637619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047140     Document Type: Article

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