A comparative study of aimed throwing by monkeys and humans

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1511-1517

  Westergaard, G C ^a,b   Liv, C ^b   Haynie, M K ^b   Suomi, S J ^b  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Capuchin; Cebus apella; Handedness; Human; Laterality; Motor skill; Posture

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MONKEY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; ROTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CEBUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTOR SKILLS; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034308344     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(00)00056-7     Document Type: Article

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