Hand Preference for a Bimanual Task in Tufted Capuchins (Cebus apella) and Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 406-411

  Westergaard, Gregory Charles ^a,b   Suomi, Stephen J ^a  

^a Natl Inst Child Hlth Hum Devmt

^b NIH Animal Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MACACA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CEBUS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030338030     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.110.4.406     Document Type: Article

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