A study of correlates of hand preferences in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

Primates

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 457-465

  Laska, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hand preferences; Reaching tasks; Saimiri sciureus; Squirrel monkeys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011067314     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02381379     Document Type: Article

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