Bipedal posture and hand preference in humans and other primates

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-64

  Westergaard, Gregory Charles ^a,b   Kuhn, Heather E ^a   Suomi, Stephen J ^a  

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

^b NIH Animal Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOMINID; HUMAN; MACACA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CEBUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PRIMATES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032014880     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.112.1.55     Document Type: Article

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