Early lateral bias in tufted Capuchins (Cebus apella)

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-50

  Westergaard, Gregory Charles ^a   Byrne, Gayle ^a   Suomi, Stephen J ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Capuchin; Cebus; Development; Handedness; Laterality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HANDEDNESS; HEAD POSITION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMATE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEBUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HEAD; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; POSTURE; SEX FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PAN (APE); PRIMATES;

EID: 0031692351     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199801)32:1<45::AID-DEV5>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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