Do monkeys choose the more skillful hand in manual problem-solving?

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-89

  Kinoshita, Masanari ^a  

^a Shigakukan University   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MACACA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MACACA; MOTOR SKILLS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0032133108     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.87.1.83     Document Type: Article

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