Experimental field study of hand preference in wild black-horned (Cebus nigritus) and white-faced (Cebus capucinus) capuchins: Evidence for individual and species differences

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 401-411

  Garber, P A ^a   Gomes, D F ^b   Bicca Marques, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Capuchin monkeys; Handedness; Laterality; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS CAPUCINUS;

EID: 46549084789     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-007-0130-3     Document Type: Article

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