Primary motor cortex asymmetry is correlated with handedness in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1701-1704

  Phillips, Kimberley A ^a   Sherwood, Chet C ^b  

^a HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Cebus; Handedness; Lateralization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEMISPHERE; MALE; MONKEY; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CEBUS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS;

EID: 27744512718     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.6.1701     Document Type: Article

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