Lateralized scratching in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Evidence of a functional asymmetry during arousal

Emotion

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 553-559

  Hopkins, William D ^a,b   Russell, Jamie L ^a   Freeman, Hani ^a   Reynolds, Elizabeth A M ^a   Griffis, Caroline ^a   Leavens, David A ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Chimpanzee; Emotional contagion; Laterality; Scratching

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCRATCHING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOUCH; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33845495868     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.6.4.553     Document Type: Article

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