Dog paw preference shows lability and sex differences

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 216-221

  Poyser, Fay ^a   Caldwell, Christine ^b   Cobb, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Handedness; Laterality; Quadrupeds; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

CANID; HANDEDNESS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; SEX FACTORS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33747346237     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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