Population-level right handedness for a coordinated bimanual task in chimpanzees: Replication and extension in a second colony of apes

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 677-689

  Hopkins, William D ^a,b   Hook, Michelle ^c   Braccini, Stephanie ^d   Schapiro, Steven J ^d,e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Handedness; Laterality; Rearing effects; Replication

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CAPTIVE POPULATION; PRIMATE; REARING;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0037904223     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023752816951     Document Type: Article

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