Left Hand Preferences in Capuchins (Cebus apella): Role of Spatial Demands in Manual Activity

Laterality

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-78

  Lacreuse, Agnès ^a,b   Fragaszy, Dorothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001798543     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713754321     Document Type: Article

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