Further evidence of a right hand advantage in motor skill by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 990-996

  Hopkins, William D ^a,b   Russell, Jamie L ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Grip morphology; Handedness; Manual skill

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; FOOD; GRIP STRENGTH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1442334777     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2003.11.017     Document Type: Article

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