2D:4D Digit Ratio Predicts Delay of Gratification in Preschoolers

We replicate the Stanford marshmallow experiment with a sample of 141 preschoolers and find a correlation between lack of self-control and 2D:4D digit ratio. Children with low 2D:4D digit ratio are less likely to delay gratification. Low 2D:4D digit ratio may indicate high fetal testosterone. If thi...

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Autores principales: Da Silva, Sergio, Moreira, Bruno, Da Costa, Newton
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4260846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25490040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114394
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description We replicate the Stanford marshmallow experiment with a sample of 141 preschoolers and find a correlation between lack of self-control and 2D:4D digit ratio. Children with low 2D:4D digit ratio are less likely to delay gratification. Low 2D:4D digit ratio may indicate high fetal testosterone. If this hypothesis is true, our finding means high fetal testosterone children are less likely to delay gratification.
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spelling pubmed-42608462014-12-15 2D:4D Digit Ratio Predicts Delay of Gratification in Preschoolers Da Silva, Sergio Moreira, Bruno Da Costa, Newton PLoS One Research Article We replicate the Stanford marshmallow experiment with a sample of 141 preschoolers and find a correlation between lack of self-control and 2D:4D digit ratio. Children with low 2D:4D digit ratio are less likely to delay gratification. Low 2D:4D digit ratio may indicate high fetal testosterone. If this hypothesis is true, our finding means high fetal testosterone children are less likely to delay gratification. Public Library of Science 2014-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4260846/ /pubmed/25490040 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114394 Text en © 2014 Da Silva et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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title_short 2D:4D Digit Ratio Predicts Delay of Gratification in Preschoolers
title_sort 2d:4d digit ratio predicts delay of gratification in preschoolers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4260846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25490040
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