Analytic Skills & Finger Length

Recluse · 10-20-2007, 07:25 PM

A study claims that male scientists are good at research because they have the hormone levels of women and long index fingers in relation to their ring fingers:

University of Bath News - Academics find that the finger of destiny points their way

Anyone care to share whether their index finger or ring finger is longer?

nightning · 10-20-2007, 08:20 PM

Interesting read... although I wouldn't attribute too much to it without reading the actual paper in depth. Meh, I'm lazy at the moment.

Just for interest sake, I'm in research (pharmacology/drug study). Female. My index finger is a tad longer than my ring finger... I think

Metamorphosis · 10-20-2007, 08:23 PM

Hrm, that's very interesting. I'm a male with index fingers quite a bit shorter than ring fingers and I'm in the social sciences...so right so far I guess.

INTJMom · 10-20-2007, 08:49 PM

Did they check female scientists?
Mine seem the same.
If I make my middle finger exactly vertical, my ring finger is ever so slightly longer.

Athenian200 · 10-20-2007, 08:51 PM

Left Index: 7.9 Centimeters (3 1/8 Inches)
Right Index: 7.9 Centimeters (3 1/8 Inches)

Left Ring: 8.4 Centimeters (3 5/16 Inches)
Right Ring: 8.3 Centimeters (3 1/4 Inches)

Splittet · 10-20-2007, 09:40 PM

I wonder exactly how you measure the length of your fingers, because it has a lot to say … If I use one method my ratio is 0,97, if I use another it is 0,93 ... Average ratio among men seems to be 0,955-ish: Finger It Out

Recluse · 10-20-2007, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by INTJMom

Did they check female scientists?
Mine seem the same.
If I make my middle finger exactly vertical, my ring finger is ever so slightly longer.

The only relevant quote from the article:

"Women social scientists tended to have higher levels of testosterone, making their brains closer to those of males in general."

Presumably women with shorter index fingers relative to their ring fingers would have more masculine-seeming brains, but the article doesn't state that. It just focuses on the male scientists. (Grrr!)

Jennifer · 10-21-2007, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Recluse

"Women social scientists tended to have higher levels of testosterone, making their brains closer to those of males in general."

This is basically the nub here -- that testosterone in utero tends to result with the ring finger being longer. (This index/ring finger comparison has been used to speculate on other related topics such as homosexuality and transgender behavior, hinting that the testosterone or lack of it in utero also impacted brain wiring/development.)

Edit: My index fingers are a little longer than my ring fingers.

nightning · 10-21-2007, 12:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Recluse

"Women social scientists tended to have higher levels of testosterone, making their brains closer to those of males in general."

Presumably women with shorter index fingers relative to their ring fingers would have more masculine-seeming brains, but the article doesn't state that. It just focuses on the male scientists. (Grrr!)

Well perhaps it's because variation in finger length is less dramatic in women... and therefore more difficult to detect.

AllAboutSoul · 10-21-2007, 04:15 AM

Both of my index fingers are slightly longer than my ring fingers.

Interesting, thanks Jennifer and Recluse for the info.

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Metamorphosis 5w6 ^8 Join Date: May 2007 Type: INTJ Location: TEXAS! the state formerly known as a country Posts: 2,860	Hrm, that's very interesting. I'm a male with index fingers quite a bit shorter than ring fingers and I'm in the social sciences...so right so far I guess. __________________ The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. - Henry David Thoreau Truths are a useless fiction. - Nietzsche Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them. - David Hume "I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."

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Athenian200 Fragmented Being Join Date: Jul 2007 Type: InfJ Location: C:\ Posts: 5,781	Left Index: 7.9 Centimeters (3 1/8 Inches) Right Index: 7.9 Centimeters (3 1/8 Inches) Left Ring: 8.4 Centimeters (3 5/16 Inches) Right Ring: 8.3 Centimeters (3 1/4 Inches) __________________ "I'm not much more than an interpreter, and not very good at telling stories. Well, not at making them interesting, anyways." --C3-P0, Star Wars IV: A New Hope

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nightning ish red no longer sad Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INfJ Location: INTJ license revoked :( Posts: 3,343	Interesting read... although I wouldn't attribute too much to it without reading the actual paper in depth. Meh, I'm lazy at the moment. Just for interest sake, I'm in research (pharmacology/drug study). Female. My index finger is a tad longer than my ring finger... I think

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