Asymmetries in postural control and locomotion in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 802-811

  Morcillo, Ana ^a   Fernandez Cabriba, Samuel ^b   Loeches, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand preference; Laterality; Locomotion; Pan troglodytes; Postural control

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; POSTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MADRID [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 33747608849     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20280     Document Type: Article

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