Digit ratio (2D:4D), aggression, and testosterone in men exposed to an aggressive video stimulus

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 953-964

  Kilduff, Liam P ^a   Hopp, Renato N ^b   Cook, Christian J ^c   Crewther, Blair T ^d   Manning, John T ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Aggressive video; Prenatal testosterone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FINGER; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VIDEORECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886739388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491301100502     Document Type: Article

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