Differential Correlations of Digit Ratio (2D:4D) with Aggressive Dominance and Sociable Dominance Are Not Demonstrated: Commentary on van der Meij, Almela, Buunk, Dubbs, and Salvador (2012, Aggressive Behavior, 38(3), 208-212)

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 85-87

  Voracek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Digit ratio (2D:4D); Dominance; Prenatal testosterone; Publication bias; Replication; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874114949     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21463     Document Type: Article

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