Symposium on Neural Basis of Hand Dexterity, Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland, 3-8 May 1998: Manual dexterity and the making of tools - An introduction from an evolutionary perspective

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Wiesendanger, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Dexterity; Hand; Hominid evolution; Skills

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GAIT; HAND; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SYMPOSIUM; ANIMAL; BODY POSTURE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HAND; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032860704     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050810     Document Type: Conference Paper

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