A multi-task assessment of hand lateralization in Capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

Primates

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-103

  Anderson, J R ^a,c   Degiorgio, C ^a,b   Lamarque, C ^a,b   Fagot, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cebus; Cerebral dominance; Handedness; Laterality; Tool use

Indexed keywords

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA;

EID: 0002038537     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02382926     Document Type: Article

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