Laterality and the evolution of the prefronto-cerebellar system in anthropoids

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1288, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-69

  Smaers, Jeroen B ^a   Steele, James ^a   Case, Charleen R ^b   Amunts, Katrin ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Laterality; Prefrontal cortex; Primates; Tool use

Indexed keywords

APE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CHIMPANZEE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GORILLA; HAPLORHINI; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYLOBATIDAE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; SIMIAN;

MYA; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878821099     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12047     Document Type: Article

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