Correlação entre a proporção 2D:4De o desempenho acadêmico em alunos de odontologia / Correlation between 2D:4D and academic performance in dentistry students
AUTOR(ES)
Renato Nicolas Hopp
FONTE
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
29/03/2012
RESUMO
It has been suggested that prenatal testosterone (PT) is positively related to intelligence or learning-ability skills. Digit ratio (2D:4D) is a negative correlate of PT. This study considered the correlations between 2D:4D and academic success in practical and theoretical disciplines in the Dental School curriculum of the Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas, Brazil. Overall, 80 subjects (40 males and 40 females) aged between 18 and 22 years (means 19.5 ± 1.1 and 19.7 ± 1.2, respectively) had their right hand palm photographed by a digital camera attached to a standardising device, perpendicular to the surface. The images were transferred to a computer and the index and ring fingers were measured from the ventralmost crease up to the tip of the finger using Adobe Photoshop. Data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel and SPSS 16. Mean digit ratio was 0.980 ± 0.038 for males and 0.991 ± 0.025 for females. Digit ratio was correlated to the grades obtained by the students through their first four semesters. Theoretical and practical grades were significantly negatively correlated to digit ratio in males (and this was particularly so after the influence of age and hours of study were removed, p = 0.02 and 0.004, respectively), but not in females (p = 0.89 and 0.77, respectively). This finding supports a link between high PT and intelligence in males. The lack of relationship between 2D:4D and examination marks in female students, suggests that intelligence in females may be influenced by factors other than prenatal testosterone.
ASSUNTO(S)
testosterone educação testosterona education
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://libdigi.unicamp.br/document/?code=000854632Documentos Relacionados
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