A longitudinal study of hand preference in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 292-300

  Hopkins, William D ^a   Bard, Kim A ^b  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Development; Evolution; Hand preference; Laterality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEAD POSITION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; REARING;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034091989     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(200005)36:4<292::AID-DEV4>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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