Grasping behavior in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella): Grip types and manual laterality for picking up a small food item

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-41

  Spinozzi, Giovanna ^a   Truppa, Valentina ^a   Laganà, Tiziana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hand efficiency; Hand preference; New World monkeys; Power grips; Precision grips

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CEBIDAE; CEBUS APELLA; FEEDING; FINGER; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HAND PALM; HANDEDNESS; INDEX FINGER; NONHUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB; VELOCITY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; FEMALE; FOOD; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; MALE;

EID: 4143144142     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10362     Document Type: Article

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