Relationships between the digit ratio (2D:4D) and game-related statistics in professional and semi-professional male basketball players.

Katelyn L KlapprodtJohn S FitzgeraldSandra E ShortJohn T ManningGrant R Tomkinson

Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2018)

2D:4D was favorably correlated with open-skill sports performance, as evidenced by the better offensive statistics of male basketball players with lower 2D:4Ds. These results probably reflect the organizational benefits of prenatal testosterone and indicate that 2D:4D may be a useful complement to traditional physical, physiological, skill, and behavioral predictors of basketball success.

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