Evolutionary Roots of Motor Planning: The End-State Comfort Effect in Lemurs

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-232

  Chapman, Kate M ^a   Weiss, Daniel J ^a   Rosenbaum, David A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lemur; Motor planning; Prosimian

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LEMUR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77954805365     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018025     Document Type: Article

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