Grip morphology and hand use in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Evidence of a left hemisphere specialization in motor skill

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 412-423

  Hopkins, William D ^a   Wesley, Michael J ^b   Cantalupo, Claudio ^b   Hostetter, Autumn B ^b   Pilcher, Dawn L ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HAND GRIP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; PAN TROGLODYTES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 85047671311     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.131.3.412     Document Type: Article

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