The distribution and development of handedness for manual gestures in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 487-493

  Hopkins, William D ^a,b   Russell, Jamie ^a   Freeman, Hani ^a   Buehler, Nicole ^c   Reynolds, Elizabeth ^a   Schapiro, Steven J ^c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTURES; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; UPPER EXTREMITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 20744448965     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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