Factors influencing the prevalence and handedness for throwing in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 363-370

  Hopkins, William D ^a,d   Russell, Jamie L ^a   Cantalupo, Claudio ^b   Freeman, Hani ^a   Schapiro, Steven J ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PAN TROGLODYTES; POSTURE;

EID: 33646447410     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.119.4.363     Document Type: Article

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