Associations between motor, sensory and structural lateralisation and guide dog success

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 359-367

  Tomkins, Lisa M ^a   Thomson, Peter C ^a   McGreevy, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Guide dog; Hair whorl; Motor lateralisation; Sensory laterality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; TEMPERAMENT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84861907598     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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