Visuospatial Reaching Preferences of Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): An Assessment of Individual Biases Across a Variety of Tasks

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-51

  Hook, Michelle A ^a   Rogers, Lesley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

common marmosets; hand preferences; hemispheric dominance; lateralization; visuospatial reaching

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HAND STRENGTH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MARMOSET; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALLITHRIX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; SPACE PERCEPTION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 40749104562     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.122.1.41     Document Type: Article

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