Sympathetic mouth movements accompanying fine motor movements in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) with implications toward the evolution of language

Neurological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 174-180

  Waters, G S ^a   Fouts, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Evolution of language; Glottogenesis; Sympathetic mouth movements

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; EVOLUTION; GLOTTIS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; LANGUAGE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOUTH; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SPEECH; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FINGERS; GESTURES; HAND STRENGTH; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MOUTH; MOVEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; SPEECH;

EID: 0036182138     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164102101199585     Document Type: Article

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