Hand use by tufted capuchins (Cebus apella) to extract a small food item from a tube: Digit movements, hand preference, and performance

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 336-352

  Spinozzi, Giovanna ^a   Lagana T ^a   Truppa, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cebus apella; Digit use; Hand preference; Performance; Prehension; Preshaping

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; HANDEDNESS; LIMB; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; FEMALE; FOOD; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; FEMALE; FOOD; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; MALE;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA;

EID: 33947181319     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20352     Document Type: Article

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