Abstract：
:It has been suggested that male achievement in sports and athletics is correlated with a putative measure of prenatal testosterone the 2nd to 4th digit ratio (2D:4D). It is not known whether this association also extends to females, or whether the association results from an effect of testosterone on behavior (such as exercise frequency) or on physical fitness. Here, we report for the first time data from two studies which consider associations between 2D:4D and physical fitness in females in addition to males: Study I--in a sample of teenage boys (n = 114) and girls (n = 175), their 'physical education grade' was negatively associated with 2D:4D of the right hand (boys), and right and left hand (girls), and Study II-among a sample of young men (n = 102) and women (n = 77), a composite measure of physical fitness was negatively related to right hand 2D:4D in men and left hand 2D:4D in women. We conclude that 2D:4D is negatively related to physical fitness in both men and women. In Study II, there was evidence that the relationship between physical fitness and 2D:4D in men was mediated through an association with exercise frequency. Thus, 2D:4D in males may be a negative correlate of frequent exercise which then relates to achievement in sports and athletics.
journal_name
Horm Behavjournal_title
Hormones and behaviorauthors
Hönekopp J,T Manning J,Müller Cdoi
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.11.006keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2006-04-01 00:00:00pages
545-9issue
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0018-506Xissn
1095-6867pii
S0018-506X(05)00260-6journal_volume
49pub_type
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.05.009
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.01.007
更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.11.007
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.03.003
更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.08.007
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0018-506x(90)90033-t
更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.12.003
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.10.010
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.01.015
更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.01.013
更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This paper reviews evidence that, in some cases, steroid hormones rapidly modulate behaviors by binding to specific cell-surface receptors on neurons. The evidence comes from research with an amphibian model, Taricha granulosa. In Taricha, stress and corticosterone inhibit reproductive behaviors with a rapidity that i...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1006/hbeh.1994.1049
更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/hbeh.1993.1038
更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Estrogen impairs performance on some striatum-sensitive tasks of learning and memory. Evidence indicates that it may have these impairing effects by creating a bias to use hippocampally based strategies to solve tasks whether or not it is advantageous to do so. Estrogen may also exert direct effects in the striatum to...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.05.001
更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Among the suite of adaptations displayed by seasonally-breeding rodents, individuals of most species display reproductive regression and concomitant decreases in gonadal steroids during the winter. In addition, some species display increased aggression in short "winter-like" days compared with long "summer-like" day l...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.03.029
更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.06.016
更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A series of six experiments was performed to examine the influence of postnatal-gonadal-hormone exposure on home-cage activity in Rockland-Swiss albino mice. Intact females were more active than their male counterparts and gonadectomy in adulthood, while reducing levels of the behavior in both sexes, did not eliminate...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0018-506x(84)90051-5
更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Lizards provide a rich opportunity for investigating the mechanisms associated with arousal and the display of motivated behaviors. They exhibit diverse mating strategies and modes of conspecific communication. This review focuses on anole lizards, of which green anoles (Anolis carolinensis) have been most extensively...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.08.014
更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Developmental plasticity of HPA and fear responses in rats has been proposed to be mediated by environment-dependent variation in active maternal care. Here, we review this maternal mediation hypothesis based on the postnatal manipulation literature and on our own recent research in rats. We show that developmental pl...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.06.015
更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.02.005
更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Although psychological changes are recognized to occur in rape assault survivors there is no information on the biochemical changes in these victims. This study compares urinary catecholamines and metabolites in 17 rape victims to two female control groups (one of which engaged in normal sexual intercourse and the oth...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0018-506x(90)90027-u
更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Three experiments were conducted to test whether testicular hormones secreted during puberty masculinize and defeminize the expression of adult reproductive behavior. Experiment 1 tested the hypothesis that gonadal hormones during puberty masculinize behavioral responses to testosterone (T) in adulthood. Male hamsters...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.12.007
更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:After proposing the organizational hypothesis from research in prenatally androgenized guinea pigs (Phoenix, C.H., Goy, R.W., Gerall, A.A., Young, W.C., 1959. Organizational action of prenatally administered testosterone propionate on the tissues mediating mating behavior in the female guinea pig. Endocrinology 65, 36...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.03.015
更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Most nonhuman primate research on risk factors underlying vulnerability to stress has focused on early psychosocial experiences in various species of macaques. To test for genetic and experiential effects on emotional vulnerability in randomly bred squirrel monkeys, here we combined a paternal half-sibling analysis wi...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/hbeh.1999.1547
更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Anthropogenic disturbance is a relevant and widespread facilitator of environmental change and there is clear evidence that it impacts natural populations. While population-level responses to major anthropogenic changes have been well studied, individual physiological responses to mild disturbance can be equally criti...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.08.001
更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Permanent changes in novelty-induced arousal and behavioral depression were studied in adult male Wistar rats having received sc injections of 1 micrograms/g body wt dexamethasone (DEX) or ACTH-(4-9) analogue (ORG 2766), or the combined treatment of these substances at Postnatal Days 1, 3, and 5. Treatment with DEX in...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/hbeh.1993.1028
更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In this study we tested the hypothesis that in a passerine bird (great tit, Parus major) individuals differing for coping strategies differ in the magnitude of the adrenocortical response to social stress as well. Furthermore, we aimed at characterizing daily rhythms in corticosteroid release before and after social s...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0018-506x(03)00065-5
更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Conspicuous sexual swellings in the females of some primate species have been a focus of scientific interest since Darwin first wrote about them in 1871. To understand these visual signals, research focused on exaggerated sexual swellings of Old World primates. However, some primate species develop much smaller sexual...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.10.008
更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Previous research in the zebra finch, a socially monogamous pair-bonding species, suggests that the preference for opposite-sex partners may arise in part through the organizing actions of sex steroids. To further investigate this process, zebra finch eggs were injected with 20 microg fadrozole, a potent estrogen synt...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/hbeh.2000.1627
更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults is associated with significant impairment in many life activities and may thus increase the risk of chronic stress in everyday life. We compared adults with a DSM-IV ADHD diagnosis (n=28) with healthy controls (n=28) regarding subjective stress and amounts of s...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.12.004
更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00
