Your fate is in your hands? Handedness, digit ratio (2D:4D), and selection to a national talent development system

Laterality

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 710-718

  Baker, Joseph ^a   Kungl, Ann Marie ^b   Pabst, Jan ^c   Strauß, Bernd ^d   Büsch, Dirk ^c,e   Schorer, Jörg ^d  

^a York University   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Institute of Applied Training Science   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e University of Health and Sport   (Germany)

Author keywords

Athlete development; Sport; Talent identification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; GERMANY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ATHLETES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84886431565     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2012.755992     Document Type: Article

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