Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are predominantly right-handed: Replication in three populations of apes

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 659-663

  Hopkins, William D ^a,b   Izard, M Kay ^c   Wesley, Michael J ^a,b   Hook, Michelle ^d   Schapiro, Steven J ^e,f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Alamogordo Primate Facility   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2542498777     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.118.3.659     Document Type: Article

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