2010年12月05日 壹蘋果
英國《每日郵報》報導，科學家自1980年代起進行手指長短的研究，發現食指和無名指的長短，會影響一個人的個性、性向和脾氣。研究認為手指長度受男性荷爾蒙影響，食指較無名指長的男性，容易過敏、罹患精神分裂症，且較女性化，成為同性戀的機率較高。無名指較食指長的男性，行為較有侵略性，幼時容易過動，長大容易為性愛冒險。
WHAT YOUR INDEX FINGER REVEALS ABOUT YOU
By Paul Robins from Daily Star Sunday
WOMEN with short fingers are more likely to be gay and succeed in their jobs.
And men with long index fingers tend to do better at school and have less chance of getting cancer.
Researchers say these are just some of the character traits determined by the size of a person’s index and ring fingers.
The length also determines what films you like, how sporty you are and even your skills on the stock market, according to scientists.
They found men whose index finger is shorter than their ring finger are more fertile, more aggressive and better at sport.
They are also far less likely to be struck down with heart disease and prostate cancer.
However, girls with short index fingers are at greater risk of breast cancer and prone to allergies and schizophrenia.
People with short fingers also make better soldiers, engineers and chess players, but have more chance of ending up behind bars. They are also more likely to experiment with drugs, watch violent films and become addicted to booze.
And they will probably also be poorer and find it harder to hold down a job.
But long index fingers are considered more feminine. Men who have them tend to be gay, while women with long digits are more likely to be lesbians.
Men whose ring finger is longer than their index finger are sexier, according to the scientists.
But women are more attractive as mates if their index fingers are longer.
The findings, by biologist Dr John Manning, are based on the digital ratio between the ring and index fingers.
In men, higher levels of pre-birth testosterone meant the ring finger was generally longer than the index finger.
In women, higher oestrogen levels led to the index finger being the same length or longer than the ring finger.
paul.robins@dailystar.co.uk
A long index finger means less risk of prostate cancer
December 1, 2010 by Rory Fitzgerald from NewsWHIP.ie
New research shows that the length of a man’s fingers can indicate his risk of prostate cancer. A just-published study found that men whose index finger is longer than their ring finger are less prone to the disease. Researchers at University of Warwick and the UK’s Institute of Cancer Research compared the hands of 1,500 prostate cancer patients with 3,000 healthy men. The length of our fingers is fixed before birth, and is largely determined by sex hormone levels in the womb. A long index finger indicates lower exposure to testosterone before birth, which may protect against prostate cancer later in life. The BBC reports that that the findings could offer a simple test for prostate cancer risk.
