<p>Interesting story indeed and even more so if it turns out there might be some kind of correlation with SAT performance - we could take a poll. I plan to whip out the calipers and pounce on a few unsuspecting victims. In any case Yahoo has picked up the story. Of course, I may be wrong, but when I read the BBC and other British articles, I got the distinct impression that the SAT mentioned in the study is not the CB's SAT at all but " 'key stage' English and maths tests" with the same acronym - standardized assessment test - given to British elementary students. </p>
<p>I couldn't resist making the leap (and a bad pun) to the college board's exam and it looks like I am not the only one to make that leap. </p>
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To test the link to children's scores on the College Board's Scholastic Assessment Test (for which the name has changed a number of times in the past 100 years), Brosnan and his colleagues made photocopies of children's palms and measured the length of their index and ring fingers using calipers accurate to 0.01 millimeters. They used the finger-length ratios as a proxy for the levels of testosterone and estrogen exposure....</p>
<p>"Finger ratio provides us with an interesting insight into our innate abilities in key cognitive areas," Brosnan said, in a prepared statement. The results will be detailed in an upcoming issue of the British Journal of Psychology.
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