Hand preference during unimanual and bimanual reaching actions in Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 500-504

  Zhao, Da Peng ^a   Ji, Wei Hong ^b   Watanabe, Kunio ^c   Li, Bao Guo ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bimanual mount reaching; Hand preference; Sichuan snub nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana); Unimanual food reaching

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HANDEDNESS; LOCOMOTION; NATURE RESERVE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOBINAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; SEX FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS; SHAANXI; ZHOUZHI NATURE RESERVE;

PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

EID: 52449094378     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20509     Document Type: Article

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