Consistency of hand preference across low-level and high-level tasks in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 254-260

  Lilak, Alayna L ^a   Phillips, Kimberley A ^a  

^a HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capuchin; Cebus; Complex tasks; Handedness; Laterality

Indexed keywords

HANDEDNESS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 52449124776     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20485     Document Type: Article

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