On the origins of human handedness and language: A comparative review of hand preferences for bimanual coordinated actions and gestural communication in nonhuman primates

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 637-650

  Meguerditchian, Adrien ^a,b   Vauclair, Jacques ^a   Hopkins, William D ^c,d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apes; Gestures; Hemispheric specialization; Laterality; Monkeys; Motor system; Origin of language

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GESTURE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HEMISPHERIC SPECIALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MONKEYS; MOTOR SYSTEM; ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE;

APES; GESTURES; HEMISPHERIC SPECIALIZATION; LATERALITY; MONKEYS; MOTOR SYSTEM; ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTURES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PRIMATES;

EID: 84882272124     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21150     Document Type: Article

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