Risk Preferences and Predictions about Others: No Association with 2D:4D Ratio.

ABSTRACT: Prenatal androgen exposure affects the brain development of the fetus which may facilitate certain behaviors and decision patterns in the later life. The ratio between the lengths of second and the fourth fingers (2D:4D) is a negative biomarker of the ratio between prenatal androgen and estrogen exposure and men typically have lower ratios than women. In line with the typical findings suggesting that women are more risk averse than men, several studies have also shown negative relationships between 2D:4D and risk taking although the evidence is not conclusive. Previous studies have also reported that both men and women believe women are more risk averse than men. In the current study, we re-test the relationship between 2D:4D and risk preferences in a German student sample and also investi

SUBMITTER: Lima de Miranda K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5810266 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature