Handedness and Neuroanatomical Asymmetries in Captive Chimpanzees: A Summary of 15 Years of Research

Special Topics in Primatology

Volumn 5, Issue C, 2007, Pages 146-181

  Hopkins, William D ^a,b   Russell, Jamie L ^a   Lambeth, Susan ^c   Schapiro, Steven J ^c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brain asymmetry; chimpanzees; cognition; manual skill; tool use

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951149919     PISSN: 19368526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1936-8526(07)05006-3     Document Type: Review

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