Sex Difference in Chimpanzee Handedness

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-68

  Corp, Nadia ^a   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral laterality; Bimanual; Hand preference; Manual role differentiation; Pan

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CITRUS FRUIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0346158555     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10218     Document Type: Article

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