Clapping in chimpanzees: Evidence of exclusive hand preference in a spontaneous, bimanual gesture

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1081-1088

  Fletcher, Alison W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimanual; Chimpanzee; Clap; Gesture; Laterality

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTURES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 33751060942     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20308     Document Type: Article

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