Chimpanzee right-handedness: Internal and external validity in the assessment of hand use

Cortex

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-93

  Hopkins, William D ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; MOTOR SKILLS; PAN TROGLODYTES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646154005     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70326-5     Document Type: Article

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