Prosimian Primates as Models of Laterality

Special Topics in Primatology

Volumn 5, Issue C, 2007, Pages 228-250

  Watson, Sheree L ^a   Hanbury, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual differences; posture and reaching; prosimians; temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957040477     PISSN: 19368526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1936-8526(07)05009-9     Document Type: Review

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