Strength of hand preference and dual task performance by common marmosets

Animal Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-135

  Piddington, T ^a   Rogers, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food search; Hand preference; Mobbing calls; Predator detection; Primate; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALLITHRIX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CALLITRICHIDAE; MARMOSETS; PISCES; PRIMATES;

EID: 84871931909     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0562-2     Document Type: Article

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