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maleficent · 10-27-2004, 05:40 AM

Your Index Finger Length Reveals WHAT?

Hold your hand out. Are your index and ring fingers the same length or is the ring finger longer?

For most men, the ring finger is slightly longer, and in most women, the two fingers are the same length. But men whose fingers are the same length seem to have a special skill at scientific research.

Why? New Scientist reports that researchers from Bath University in Great Britain say this is due to above average prenatal levels of estrogen that aid their analytical skills. It is thought that estrogen causes the right side of the brain to develop, which is responsible for spatial and analytical skills. In other words, these scientists are in touch with their feminine side. (Some developmental genes, which would be impacted by exposure to estrogen and testosterone, control the formation of both the reproductive system and the fingers.)

The opposite is also true. While those who had a "female" pattern of hormone exposure in the womb became scientists, those who had a "male" pattern and whose ring finger is slightly longer than the index finger chose the field of social science, notes New Scientist.

In this study, all the researchers in the departments of chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and physics had index and ring fingers that were about the same length, a clearly feminine trait; however, fully 81 percent of them were male. But in the departments of economics, education, management, and social and policy sciences, most had a ring finger that was slightly longer than the index finger, a distinctly male trait, but only 66 percent of the sample was male.

"It's unnerving to think the profession I'm in was determined by the hormones I was exposed to in the womb," lead study author Mark Brosnan told New Scientist.

He speculates that exposure to unusually high or low levels of testosterone in male fetuses leads to the scientific brain, while average levels of hormone exposure lead to a social science brain.

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So, what's your hand like? Where do you fall?

Grothendieck · 10-27-2004, 05:43 AM

Oh oh, so I'm a research mathematician and my ring finger is longer... Poor old me...

Irishsean · 10-27-2004, 05:44 AM

Interesting, my ring finger is longer and I work with kids, and am working towards a counseling degree. It works out in my case...

Carno · 10-27-2004, 06:18 AM

My index finger is longer than my ring finger.

inharmony · 10-27-2004, 06:24 AM

My index finger is longer than my ring finger...

Ydde · 10-27-2004, 06:29 AM

Not that accurate for me. My ring finger is slightly longer, but I'm pursuing an engineering degree.

Or... I'm in the wrong field.

Glory's Sun · 10-27-2004, 06:31 AM

mine are the same..so what does that mean?

Rlyss · 10-27-2004, 06:31 AM

Looks like I'm in the wrong field too! I've never been any good at scientific stuff but my index and ring fingers are exactly the same length!

ShaniFaye · 10-27-2004, 06:38 AM

ok so Im confused....Im female and my index finger is longer than my ring finger...on both hands...what does that mean?

Ydde · 10-27-2004, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShaniFaye

ok so Im confused....Im female and my index finger is longer than my ring finger...on both hands...what does that mean?

Well, acoording to the article, you are a female very in touch with your feminine side?

Bill O'Rights · 10-27-2004, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carn

My index finger is longer than my ring finger.

Isn't that a common trait in serial killers?

jfranco13 · 10-27-2004, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShaniFaye

ok so Im confused....Im female and my index finger is longer than my ring finger...on both hands...what does that mean?

Yes I believe that means you're normal.

ShaniFaye · 10-27-2004, 06:54 AM

Ydde...I swear I've read that article 10 times and I dont see anything about the index finger being longer...only shorter or the same size

jwoody · 10-27-2004, 06:59 AM

What does this mean? (other than the fact I have 'fairy' soft hands)

mo42 · 10-27-2004, 07:07 AM

Ring finger and index finger are the same length, and I'm persuing a degree in biochemistry. Interesting theory as to why I'm good at it.

Averett · 10-27-2004, 07:13 AM

Mine are the same length. I guess that means I'm a lady?

Ydde · 10-27-2004, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye

Ydde...I swear I've read that article 10 times and I dont see anything about the index finger being longer...only shorter or the same size

Well, my reasoning is this:
Most men normally have their index finger shorter than their ring. Those who had higher level of estrogen and thus more in touch with their feminine somehow causes their index finger to 'grow' longer, thus making them the same length as their ring finger.
So, I was applying the same principle to females.
But now that I write out my reasoning, it seems absurb. Heh.

Bill O'Rights · 10-27-2004, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Averett

Mine are the same length. I guess that means I'm a lady?

...nah, Ill leave that one alone.

Averett · 10-27-2004, 07:22 AM

Aww come on... I'd love to hear it! I'm sure it'll be a good zing

present_future · 10-27-2004, 07:23 AM

My ring finger is longer than my index finger. I guess that means I'm wonderfully normal.

MSD · 10-27-2004, 07:42 AM

My ring finger is longer and I'm majoring in Comms and PoliSci. Works out, I guess.

Phage · 10-27-2004, 07:43 AM

jwoody
It means you are a FREAK! (And need to stop scratching your bum, look at the tone on the left hand...)

jwoody · 10-27-2004, 07:56 AM

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SiN · 10-27-2004, 07:59 AM

considering the article, I think it would perhaps have been better for the poll to be split into m/f...

but, this was gives us a reason to comment, not jsut vote

anyways, female, with my left hand of equal lengths and on my right, index is longer. (right-handed).

I'm going to take a leap and say that, it does not mean that i'm exceccively female, but rather that I've a robust scientific brain

divagrrrl · 10-27-2004, 06:58 PM

I'm a girl... my ringfinger is 2mm longer than my index finger.

Suave · 10-27-2004, 07:04 PM

Ring finger is longer and I'm in sociology, the queen of the social sciences... eerie.

diva, I'm sorry to break it to you, but you were born a man.

oblar · 10-27-2004, 08:43 PM

Male here and my ring finger is a little over 1cm longer than my index finger..

currently doing research in Computer Science... I personally thing this has more to do with the genetics and what your parents have for lengths of fingers, no real affect with what you are good at and your horomonal levels.. sort of how many people have their big toe as the second longest..

Grancey · 10-27-2004, 08:48 PM

left hand ring finger is longer than index finger, on the right hand they are the same....hmmm

ngdawg · 10-27-2004, 08:56 PM

Left hand, index is longer; right hand, they're the same length...figures I'm wierd in this catagory as well.....

Fremen · 10-27-2004, 09:54 PM

Both ring fingers are about 1 centimeter longer than the index fingers.

What's got me wondering is, why do both my pinkies curve inward toward my ring fingers?

Cadwiz · 10-28-2004, 07:07 AM

Mine are the same length on both hands,but I have never been accused of being overly sensitive. Does this make me a girlie-man?

Destrox · 10-28-2004, 07:12 AM

On both of my hands my index finger is just a smidgin longer then the ring finger. *Oh No.. What Will I Ever Do* :P

animosity · 10-28-2004, 07:37 AM

I can move my pinky finger completely independent of my ring finger. Does this mean anything...?

My index and ring finger are the same length. ahh... I am going into medicine(I'll be a surgeon)...

theusername · 10-28-2004, 07:48 AM

My right hand each are the same length while my left hand my ring finger is longer. So... this doesn't tell me much lol.

Cadwiz · 10-28-2004, 10:43 AM

Animosity, I can do that on my right hand, but not the left. What does that mean?

omega2K4 · 10-28-2004, 12:05 PM

My index finger is longer.

The Magic · 10-28-2004, 06:32 PM

I wasn't born with fingers...what's going to happen to me : (

Xell101 · 10-29-2004, 04:33 AM

Mine are the same length. Weeee.

Squishor · 10-29-2004, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fremen

Both ring fingers are about 1 centimeter longer than the index fingers.

What's got me wondering is, why do both my pinkies curve inward toward my ring fingers?

I believe that's just one of those random inherited traits. My father had it (very pronounced) and mine curve in just a bit.

xepherys · 10-29-2004, 08:47 PM

That doesn't make sense at all...

The right brain controls analytical/spatial aspects, which are typically NOT as strong in females (estrogen). I don't understand...

View Poll Results: What's the length of your fingers
Index and Ring Finger are the same length	26	21.14%
Ring Finger is longer	67	54.47%
Index Finger is longer	30	24.39%
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10-27-2004, 05:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	What your Hand Reveals Your Index Finger Length Reveals WHAT? Hold your hand out. Are your index and ring fingers the same length or is the ring finger longer? For most men, the ring finger is slightly longer, and in most women, the two fingers are the same length. But men whose fingers are the same length seem to have a special skill at scientific research. Why? New Scientist reports that researchers from Bath University in Great Britain say this is due to above average prenatal levels of estrogen that aid their analytical skills. It is thought that estrogen causes the right side of the brain to develop, which is responsible for spatial and analytical skills. In other words, these scientists are in touch with their feminine side. (Some developmental genes, which would be impacted by exposure to estrogen and testosterone, control the formation of both the reproductive system and the fingers.) The opposite is also true. While those who had a "female" pattern of hormone exposure in the womb became scientists, those who had a "male" pattern and whose ring finger is slightly longer than the index finger chose the field of social science, notes New Scientist. In this study, all the researchers in the departments of chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and physics had index and ring fingers that were about the same length, a clearly feminine trait; however, fully 81 percent of them were male. But in the departments of economics, education, management, and social and policy sciences, most had a ring finger that was slightly longer than the index finger, a distinctly male trait, but only 66 percent of the sample was male. "It's unnerving to think the profession I'm in was determined by the hormones I was exposed to in the womb," lead study author Mark Brosnan told New Scientist. He speculates that exposure to unusually high or low levels of testosterone in male fetuses leads to the scientific brain, while average levels of hormone exposure lead to a social science brain. -------------- So, what's your hand like? Where do you fall? __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

10-27-2004, 05:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
Grothendieck Crazy Location: Switzerland	Oh oh, so I'm a research mathematician and my ring finger is longer... Poor old me... __________________ Didn't remember how intense love could be... Thank you B.

10-27-2004, 05:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
Irishsean edited for content Location: Austin, TX	Interesting, my ring finger is longer and I work with kids, and am working towards a counseling degree. It works out in my case... __________________ There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances. Leon Trotsky

10-27-2004, 06:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
inharmony Psycho Location: happy place	My index finger is longer than my ring finger... __________________ "You can't shake hands with a clenched fist." Ghandi "Things do not change: We change" Henry David Thoreau

10-27-2004, 06:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
Carno Junkie	My index finger is longer than my ring finger.

10-27-2004, 06:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
Ydde Tilted Location: Singapore	Not that accurate for me. My ring finger is slightly longer, but I'm pursuing an engineering degree. Or... I'm in the wrong field.

10-27-2004, 06:31 AM	#7 (permalink)
Glory's Sun Registered User	mine are the same..so what does that mean?

10-27-2004, 06:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
Rlyss The Pusher Location: Edinburgh	Looks like I'm in the wrong field too! I've never been any good at scientific stuff but my index and ring fingers are exactly the same length!

10-27-2004, 06:38 AM	#9 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	ok so Im confused....Im female and my index finger is longer than my ring finger...on both hands...what does that mean? __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

10-27-2004, 06:54 AM	#13 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	Ydde...I swear I've read that article 10 times and I dont see anything about the index finger being longer...only shorter or the same size __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

10-27-2004, 06:59 AM	#14 (permalink)
jwoody Shackle Me Not Location: Newcastle - England.	What does this mean? (other than the fact I have 'fairy' soft hands)

10-27-2004, 07:07 AM	#15 (permalink)
mo42 Insane Location: California	Ring finger and index finger are the same length, and I'm persuing a degree in biochemistry. Interesting theory as to why I'm good at it. __________________ It's not getting what you want, it's wanting what you've got.

10-27-2004, 07:13 AM	#16 (permalink)
Averett Is In Love Location: I'm workin' on it	Mine are the same length. I guess that means I'm a lady? __________________ Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

10-27-2004, 07:22 AM	#19 (permalink)
Averett Is In Love Location: I'm workin' on it	Aww come on... I'd love to hear it! I'm sure it'll be a good zing __________________ Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

10-27-2004, 07:23 AM	#20 (permalink)
present_future Take my hand Location: Everywhere, but nowhere	My ring finger is longer than my index finger. I guess that means I'm wonderfully normal. __________________ The only thing I'll ever ask of you... you gotta promise not to stop when I say when.

10-27-2004, 07:42 AM	#21 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	My ring finger is longer and I'm majoring in Comms and PoliSci. Works out, I guess.

10-27-2004, 07:43 AM	#22 (permalink)
Phage Insane	jwoody It means you are a FREAK! (And need to stop scratching your bum, look at the tone on the left hand...)

10-27-2004, 07:56 AM	#23 (permalink)
jwoody Shackle Me Not Location: Newcastle - England.	8080808080808 Last edited by jwoody; 10-28-2004 at 12:11 AM..

10-27-2004, 07:59 AM	#24 (permalink)
SiN strangelove Location: ...more here than there...	considering the article, I think it would perhaps have been better for the poll to be split into m/f... but, this was gives us a reason to comment, not jsut vote anyways, female, with my left hand of equal lengths and on my right, index is longer. (right-handed). I'm going to take a leap and say that, it does not mean that i'm exceccively female, but rather that I've a robust scientific brain __________________ - + - ° GiRLie GeeK ° - + - ° 01110010011011110110111101110100001000000110110101100101 Therell be days/When Ill stray/I may appear to be/Constantly out of reach/I give in to sin/Because I like to practise what I preach

10-27-2004, 06:58 PM	#25 (permalink)
divagrrrl Crazy Location: SoCal	I'm a girl... my ringfinger is 2mm longer than my index finger.

10-27-2004, 07:04 PM	#26 (permalink)
Suave Twitterpated Location: My own little world (also Canada)	Ring finger is longer and I'm in sociology, the queen of the social sciences... eerie. diva, I'm sorry to break it to you, but you were born a man.

10-27-2004, 08:43 PM	#27 (permalink)
oblar Über-Rookie Location: No longer, D.C	Male here and my ring finger is a little over 1cm longer than my index finger.. currently doing research in Computer Science... I personally thing this has more to do with the genetics and what your parents have for lengths of fingers, no real affect with what you are good at and your horomonal levels.. sort of how many people have their big toe as the second longest..

10-27-2004, 08:48 PM	#28 (permalink)
Grancey Life's short, gotta hurry... Location: land of pit vipers	left hand ring finger is longer than index finger, on the right hand they are the same....hmmm __________________ Quiet, mild-mannered souls might just turn out to be roaring lions of two-fisted cool.

10-27-2004, 08:56 PM	#29 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Left hand, index is longer; right hand, they're the same length...figures I'm wierd in this catagory as well.....

10-27-2004, 09:54 PM	#30 (permalink)
Fremen With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much Location: left side of my couch, East Texas	Both ring fingers are about 1 centimeter longer than the index fingers. What's got me wondering is, why do both my pinkies curve inward toward my ring fingers? __________________ Google

10-28-2004, 07:07 AM	#31 (permalink)
Cadwiz Insane Location: work	Mine are the same length on both hands,but I have never been accused of being overly sensitive. Does this make me a girlie-man? __________________ Semper Fi

10-28-2004, 07:12 AM	#32 (permalink)
Destrox Metal and Rock 4 Life Location: Phoenix	On both of my hands my index finger is just a smidgin longer then the ring finger. Oh No.. What Will I Ever Do :P __________________ You bore me.... next.

10-28-2004, 07:37 AM	#33 (permalink)
animosity on fire Location: Atlanta, GA	I can move my pinky finger completely independent of my ring finger. Does this mean anything...? My index and ring finger are the same length. ahh... I am going into medicine(I'll be a surgeon)...

10-28-2004, 07:48 AM	#34 (permalink)
theusername Insane	My right hand each are the same length while my left hand my ring finger is longer. So... this doesn't tell me much lol. __________________ ?

10-28-2004, 10:43 AM	#35 (permalink)
Cadwiz Insane Location: work	Animosity, I can do that on my right hand, but not the left. What does that mean? __________________ Semper Fi

10-28-2004, 12:05 PM	#36 (permalink)
omega2K4 Natalie Portman is sexy. Location: The Outer Rim	My index finger is longer. __________________ "While the State exists there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State." - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."- Karl Marx

10-28-2004, 06:32 PM	#37 (permalink)
The Magic Crazy Location: Reality	I wasn't born with fingers...what's going to happen to me : (

10-29-2004, 04:33 AM	#38 (permalink)
Xell101 Junkie	Mine are the same length. Weeee.

10-29-2004, 08:47 PM	#40 (permalink)
xepherys <3 TFP Location: 17TLH2445607250	That doesn't make sense at all... The right brain controls analytical/spatial aspects, which are typically NOT as strong in females (estrogen). I don't understand...