THE FINGER BOOK: SEX, BEHAVIOUR AND DISEASE REVEALED IN THE FINGERS

Book ID/图书代码： 04560007B18227

English Summary/英文概要： What could fingers and sex possibly have in common? What does the shape of a child’s fingers reveal about future musical talent? Why should professional footballers have longer ring fingers than other men?
This book is about a simple measurement of the human hand. You may not have noticed that men tend to have longer ring fingers relative to their index fingers than women. This is our ‘finger ratio’, the length of the ring finger relative to the index finger, and it turns out this tiny sex difference is highly revealing. John Manning ‘a pioneer in this field’ (New Scientist), uses it to examine a dizzying group of questions about human behaviour, from sexuality, to musical ability, to predisposition to disease.
Controversial, but unfailingly clear and balanced, John Manning presents his cutting-edge research for the reader to consider. The finger ratio appears to tell us what happens to babies in the womb, indicating the amount of testosterone and oestrogen to which each foetus is exposed. This early event has, it seems, profound consequences in each of us.
Provocative, arresting and direct, The Finger Book makes accessible a whole new area of evolutionary science, and poses many fruitful questions about what makes us as we are.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 這是一本關於手的測量、手指長度及指環比例等相對索引書籍，並以此研究來審查與人類行為、性別、疾病、甚至音樂鑑賞等影響關係。
食指短於無名指
．較不神經質，外向，不受壓抑，愛刺激，積極
．較易得德國麻疹、天花、頭皮屑、香港腳、感染寄生蟲
．易得自閉症、左撇子
．較有音樂天分、能忍受體力勞動，跑得較快，擅足球、籃球、舉重力較優
．童年易過動、社會認知力較差、易分心、煩躁
食指長於無名指
．較神經質，女性可能是主婦、醫療人員、行政主管；男性易為同志
．易過敏、濕疹、氣喘、花粉症、乳癌；心臟病早發、精蟲數較少
．飲食失調、精神分裂症
．語言能力優異
．童年較情緒化、抱怨頭痛、黏人

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About the Author/作者介绍： John Manning’s research findings have been published in newspapers around the world. He is Professor of Psychology at the University of Central Lancashire and has been described as ‘one of the most creative and exciting people working today on human biology from an evolutionary perspective.’

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