Here’s this weeks’s Simple-Logic Essay Competition. In clear simple sentences, describe the chain of logic for this academic paper: “Correction for van Honk et al., ‘Testosterone administration impairs cognitive empathy in women depending on second-to-fourth digit ratio‘” [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jun 17] COMPETITION RULE: Your simple, clear explanation must be […]
Tag: length
Relative Finger Length and Age at First Marriage in Semi-Nomadic People
Here’s further evidence that Relative Finger Length sheds light on practically everything: “The Second to Fourth Digit Ratio and Age at First Marriage in Semi-Nomadic People from Namibia,” Piotr Sorokowski, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Dariusz Danel, Mara L. Mberira and Leszek Pokrywka, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Volume 41, Number 3, 2012, pp. 703-710.
Moral judgment and the relative lengths of your fingers
You may find it hard to argue against, or even to begin arguing for, the line of reasoning in this study. It shows how a people’s capacity to make moral judgments is related to the relative lengths of two of their fingers: “Testosterone administration modulates moral judgments depending on second-to-fourth digit ratio,” Estrella R. Montoya, […]
Huh? Finger-length Ratios & Military Branches & Celebrity Worship
Which person goes into which branch of the military? The answer is related to the relative lengths of each person’s fingers, suggests this study by a researcher named Huh: “Born to be a Marine: Digit ratios and military service,” HaengRyang Huh, Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 53, Issue 3, August 2012, Pages 166–168. The author, […]