Is digital dexterity really related to corticospinal projections?: A re- analysis of the Heffner and Masterton data set using modern comparative statistics

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-187

  Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^a   Pellis, Sergio M ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Corticospinal tract; Dexterity; Diet; Hand eye coordination; Independent contrasts; Locomotion; Pyramidal tract

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DIET; ETHOLOGY; HAND MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032909588     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00151-X     Document Type: Article

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