Estrogen makes for Good Physicists.
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A survey of the finger lengths of over 100 male and female academics at the
University of Bath by senior Psychology lecturer Dr Mark Brosnan has found
that those men teaching hard science like mathematics and physics tend to
have index fingers as long as their ring fingers, a marker for unusually
high estrogen levels for males.
It also found the reverse: those male academics with longer ring fingers
than index fingers - the usual male pattern - tended not to be in science
but in social science subjects such as psychology and education.
The study also found that these hormonal levels may make male scientists
less likely to have children.
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-10/bis-aft102004.php
Having read the above, I just noticed something new about my hands. My right hand has the index and ring fingers very nearly the same length, while on my left hand the ring finger is signifigantly shorter than the index finger.
A survey of the finger lengths of over 100 male and female academics at the
University of Bath by senior Psychology lecturer Dr Mark Brosnan has found
that those men teaching hard science like mathematics and physics tend to
have index fingers as long as their ring fingers, a marker for unusually
high estrogen levels for males.
It also found the reverse: those male academics with longer ring fingers
than index fingers - the usual male pattern - tended not to be in science
but in social science subjects such as psychology and education.
The study also found that these hormonal levels may make male scientists
less likely to have children.
</summary>
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-10/bis-aft102004.php
Having read the above, I just noticed something new about my hands. My right hand has the index and ring fingers very nearly the same length, while on my left hand the ring finger is signifigantly shorter than the index finger.
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Date: 2004-11-15 10:18 am (UTC)But I knew that.