Hand preferences for bimanual coordination in 29 bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-29

  Chapelain, Amandine S ^a   Hogervorst, Eef ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bimanual coordination; Bonobos; Brain lateralization; Hand preferences

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PAN PANISCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 56549127374     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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