Exploring the relationship between cerebellar asymmetry and handedness in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and capuchins (Cebus apella)

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2333-2339

  Phillips, Kimberley A ^a   Hopkins, William D ^b,c  

^a HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Capuchins; Cerebellum; Chimpanzees; Handedness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CEREBELLUM; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HANDEDNESS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CEBUS; CEREBELLUM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34247602523     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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